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From Mine to Market: How Africa Could Become a Top Lithium Supplier

As global demand for battery metals continues to grow, the upcoming Critical Minerals Africa summit will showcase Africa’s latest lithium development projects in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Rwanda and more

Earlier this year, market research firm Benchmark Mineral Intelligence forecast (https://apo-opa.co/3z0nVKo) Africa’s lithium production to triple year-on-year in 2024, increasing the continent’s share of global output from 4% to over 10%. The rise can be attributed to a surge in financing from China, which is responsible for 90% of Africa’s…

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Mining Industry Association of Southern Africa (MIASA) Joins Critical Minerals Africa (CMA) as Strategic Partner as Southern African Development Community (SADC)’s Critical Mineral Sector Expands

Energy Capital & Power partners with the Mining Industry Association of Southern Africa for the 2024 edition of the Critical Minerals Africa Summit

Public and private sector entities across Southern Africa's mining sector are intensifying cooperation to enhance the critical mineral value chain for economic growth. In July 2024, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Botswana signed an agreement (http://apo-opa.co/3LIS6Z6) to upgrade an existing railway line linking the three countries and to build a new line…

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    • Critical Minerals Africa (CMA) to Host Investment Forum Showcasing Opportunities in African Critical Minerals
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Critical Minerals Africa (CMA) to Host Investment Forum Showcasing Opportunities in African Critical Minerals

CMA 2024 will take place under the theme Innovate. Enact. Invest in African Critical Minerals to Sustain Global Growth

Investment in African critical minerals are on the rise, with global entities acquiring assets, funding upstream projects and developing midstream and logistics facilities. Over the past three years, Zambia (http://apo-opa.co/3yk2ymJ) ­– Africa’s second-largest copper producer – has recorded $10 billion in investments (http://apo-opa.co/3WibyRd) in its mining sector. These investments are…

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Critical Minerals Africa Summit Kicks off with High-Level Ministerial Forum

South Sudan, Malawi, Tanzania and Zimbabwe called for strengthened engagement with foreign partners and investors during the opening of the main conference at CMA 2023

The main conference agenda of Critical Minerals Africa 2023 officially kicked off in Cape Town on Wednesday with a high-level ministerial forum that addressed the future of African mineral resource development, as African mineral reserves gear up to power a global energy transition. Ministers from South Sudan and Malawi and…

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    • South Africa hosts the most important critical minerals gathering of the year in Cape Town on 17-19 October 2023. Taking place in Africa’s leading event destination, Cape Town, and concurrently with the continent’s largest energy event African Energy Week, the first Critical Minerals Africa unites governments from all corners of the African continent; international presidential and ministerial delegations; provincial governments, global finance, and mining, manufacturing and technology firms.
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Zimbabwe – Dubbed “the World’s Next Lithium Valley” – to Speak at Critical Minerals Africa 2023

Rising demand for lithium-ion batteries, significant Chinese investment and the launch of several greenfield projects have reignited Zimbabwe’s mining industry, which will be on display at the upcoming Critical Minerals Africa 2023 summit

As Zimbabwe sets its sights on achieving a $12-billion mining industry by year-end, Pfungwa Kunaka, Permanent Secretary for Mines and Mining Development of Zimbabwe, will speak on the country’s latest project commissionings in exploration, extraction and refining at the Critical Minerals Africa (CMA) 2023 summit (https://CriticalMineralsAfrica.com/) next month. Comprising 13%…

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Zimbabwe Looks to South Sudan Ahead of Domestic Discoveries

Zimbabwe’s Deputy Minister of Energy and Power Development highlighted the role that South Sudanese expertise will play in supporting the growth of the southern African country’s nascent oil and gas market

Zimbabwe’s Deputy Minister of Energy and Power Development, Hon. Magna Mudyiwa, stated at the South Sudan Oil & Power (SSOP) conference (https://apo-opa.info/3N3J35a) in Juba this week that Zimbabwe is looking to South Sudan for support ahead of sizable oil and gas finds expected in the southern African country, An in-country exploration…

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Capital and Collaboration Key Pillars for Africa’s Development, Highlights South Sudan Energy Event

The South Sudan Oil & Power conference kicked off with Ministerial addresses from APPO, OPEC, South Africa and Zimbabwe

The African Petroleum Producers Organization (APPO), the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and Deputy Ministers from South Africa and Zimbabwe reiterated the important role of partnerships in addressing energy poverty and advancing energy security in Africa during the country’s official energy summit, South Sudan Oil & Power (SSOP) (https://apo-opa.info/43Zsqyp) – organized…

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Zimbabwe Deputy Minister of Energy and Power Development to Attend South Sudan Energy Event

Zimbabwe’s Deputy Minister of Energy and Power Development, Hon. Magna Mudyiwa, will attend this year’s SSOP 2023 conference and exhibition

The South Sudan Oil & Power (SSOP) 2023 conference and exhibition (https://apo-opa.info/43wXIgy), taking place in Juba from 14-16 June, will feature the attendance and participation of Zimbabwe’s Deputy Minister of Energy and Power Development, Hon. Magna Mudyiwa. Responsible for the development of policies and regulatory frameworks within Zimbabwe’s energy sector,…

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Equatoguinean Ministerial Delegation to Attend South Sudan Energy Event

A ministerial delegation led by Equatorial Guinea’s Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons will attend this year’s SSOP 2023 conference and exhibition

A Ministerial delegation led by Equatorial Guinea’s Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons, H.E. Antonio Oburu Ondó, will participate at the South Sudan Oil & Power (SSOP) 2023 (https://apo-opa.info/3CgdZu2) conference and exhibition. The delegation will include the Ministry’s Director General of National Entities, Oscar Vicente García Berniko Aboki; Director General of Local Content…