MINING

Africa's Critical Minerals Are the Oil of the Twenty-First Century. The Question Is Whether Africa Makes the Same Mistakes Twice.

For half a century, OPEC demonstrated that controlling the world's most essential resource does not ...

Mar 25 18 min

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Tanzania’s Mineral Wealth: The Numbers Behind a Strategic Economic Asset

For Tanzania, the question is no longer whether the minerals exist but how effectively they are conv...

Jan 10 5 min

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Mining Tanzania’s Future: How Reliable Trucks Keep the Sector Thriving

Tanzania’s mining sector is quietly but steadily transforming the nation’s economy. In 2023, the...

Oct 15 3 min

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Magufuli 16% Mining Law: Bold Nationalism or Investor Confrontation?

The spike to 15.3% in Q1 2020 reflected the immediate effect of Magufuli’s reforms. However, as th...

Sep 8 4 min

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Breaking the Dependency: How Tanzanians Can Reduce Reliance on Foreign Mining Firms?

This over-reliance on external actors has limited Tanzania's economic returns, weakened local indust...

Aug 22 3 min

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Africa's Minerals Are Called Critical. The Real Question Is: Critical to Whom, and Why Not to Africa Itself?

The word critical is doing a great deal of political work in the global conversation about minerals....

Apr 1 13 min

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Kenya and Zambia Made It Into Washington's Critical Minerals Summit. Why Was Tanzania Not in the Room?

On February 4, 2026, the United States government convened 54 countries and the European Commission ...

Apr 1 15 min

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The DRC Is About to Become One of the World's Largest Lithium Producers. The Manono Project Is Not a Development Story. It Is a Control Story.

Zijin Mining's USD 1.4 billion lithium project in the Manono region of the Democratic Republic of Co...

Mar 26 15 min

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Bezos and Gates Are Betting on Zambian Copper. This Is Not a Mining Story. It Is a Signal About Who Controls the Next Industrial Age.

The USD 2.3 to 2.5 billion Mingomba copper project represents more than a large investment in Africa...

Mar 20 17 min

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Beyond Gold: Tanzania’s Expanding Mineral Frontier

For decades, Tanzania’s mining identity has been dominated by gold.Major operations such as Geita ...

Mar 9 2 min

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The Kabanga Belt Opportunity: Why Nickel and Cobalt Could Transform Northwest Tanzania

Northwestern Tanzania sits along one of Africa’s most promising mineral corridors.The Karagwe–An...

Mar 9 2 min

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How the Mchuchuma–Liganga Project Could Reshape Tanzania’s Economy: An Analytical Perspective

By adding domestic value, providing reliable raw materials, generating employment, and retaining for...

Mar 7 5 min