
Zenzi shares her insights on how to overcome these barriers and create more opportunities for women in mining, especially in artisanal and small-scale mining. She also addresses the importance of ensuring women's voices are heard by the industry, government, and other stakeholders. Finally, Zenzi offers her perspective on what is needed to future-proof African mining, ensuring its sustainability and inclusivity for generations to come.

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.