
The former Special Envoy for Africa's Great Lakes and Sahel Regions, USA, Hon. J. Peter Pham had a thought-provoking conversation with Ahmed which addressed the mineral resources of the African continent, their potential for extraction and economic growth, and current obstacles to realisation, particularly in the areas of energy and infrastructure investment.

A growing number of mineral-producing governments are acquiring assets, activating marketing rights and building institutions that can intervene across the value chain.

Exxaro is set to exit its only offshore asset through a two-step transaction that will see it acquire Anglo American’s remaining stake in the Moranbah South coking coal project before selling the entire asset to Stanmore Resources for $105 million.

Lindian Resources is seeking to build a vertically integrated rare earth supply chain stretching from its Kangankunde project in Malawi through processing facilities in Kazakhstan to downstream markets in Europe, highlighting the increasingly complex geopolitics reshaping critical minerals.