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🌐 Weekly News Digest on Africa’s Mineral Industries [ December 8 – December 14 ] This was a week of gas and American economic inroads. 💡Here are the key highlights: 🇧🇯🇹🇬🇨🇮 Benin, Togo & Côte d'Ivoire - Benin, Togo and Côte d’Ivoire create a regional gas alliance 🇨🇩 DR Congo - Congolese miners complain about the requirement to pre-pay cobalt royalties 🇬🇭 Ghana - Chinese ambassador calls on Ghana to take the problem of illegal gold mining seriously 🇱🇷 Liberia - US lawmakers accuse the State Department of advancing China’s economic agenda in Liberia - The parliament endorses granting access to the Yekepa–Buchanan railway to the US company Ivanhoe Atlantic 🇲🇱 Mali - Mali returns $400 million worth of gold to a Canadian company 🇳🇦 Namibia - TotalEnergies has taken control of the largest oilfield in Namibia 🇳🇪 Niger - Niger signed a memorandum with a Russian company on uranium 🇳🇬 Nigeria - Nigeria reduces fees for oil licenses - Nigeria issues permits to 28 companies to access and sell associated gas 🇸🇳 Senegal - Senegal’s minister of energy declared plans to nationalise the Yakaar-Teranga gas field (subsequently refuted) - Emirati companies get access to key resource sectors of Senegal 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone - Two teenagers die in a mine collapse 🇿🇦 South Africa - South Africa's chrome manufacturers get preferential electricity tariffs and avoid closures 🇸🇩 Sudan - The RSF takes over the Heglig oilfield only to transfer it to the South Sudanese army 🇹🇿 Tanzania - Tanzania’s president reassured the US ambassador of full commitment to cooperation with American investors 🇿🇲 Zambia - The US promises Zambia financial support in exchange for reforms and “collaboration in the mining sector” 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe - The president unexpectedly replaces mines minister with his deputy #NewsDigest Devils Below