🌐Weekly News Digest [ December 22 – December 28 ]
That was a week of delays, resumptions and terminations of resource projects.
💡Here are the key highlights:
🇨🇩 DR Congo
- DRC bans processing units from accepting ore from artisanal miners
🇬🇦 Gabon
- Gabon announces an audit of the mining sector
🇬🇭 Ghana
- Ghana’s only oil refinery resumes operations after years of downtime
🇬🇼 Guinea
- Guinea is planning its first mining conference
🇲🇼 Malawi
- An Australian company delays its niobium project
🇲🇿 Mozambique
- President and TotalEnergies clash over Cabo Delgado gas project schedule
🇳🇪 Niger
- Niger’s exports exceed imports, driven by oil
🇳🇬 Nigeria
- Nigeria to resume oil exploration in Ogoniland
🇸🇩 Sudan
- China’s CNPC is seeking to terminate its oil contracts amid war
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