News & events

The Observatory highlights key news and analysis relating to green minerals, with a focus on Africa. Should you have news or events that you would like to profile, please contact us.

The Africa Report | 28 May 2025

Trump's Congo Deal Risks Putting Minerals Before Justice, Critics Warn

Institute for Security Studies | 22 May 2025

Africa has Critical Minerals but Needs a Unified Strategy

Moneyweb | 21 May 2025

New Critical Minerals Strategy Will Add Policy Certainty - Mantashe

Bloomberg | 20 May 2025

US-China Metals Fight Finds New Home in Congo's Cobalt Mines

Observer Research Foundation | 20 May 2025

Nigeria-South Africa Mineral Partnership: A Strategic Chapter in Africa's Resource Development

Mail and Guardian | 20 May 2025

South Africa's G20 Presidency Must Rewire the Global Race for Critical Minerals

Africa Centre for Strategic Studies | 20 May 2025

Africa's Critical Minerals at a Critical Juncture

Power Shift Africa | 19 May 2025

How to Make the Africa Green Mineral Strategy Work

United Nations Trade and Development | 16 May 2025

UN Trade and Development and Japan Partner to Add Value to Africa's Critical Minerals Sector

China Global South Project | 14 May 2025

Ignoring China Won't Help African Countries Move up the Critical Mineral Value Chain

Institute for Security Studies | 12 May 2025

Will the Chambishi Spill Affect Zambia's 'All-Weather' Friendship with China?

Centre for Strategic and International Studies | 9 May 2025

Underexplored and Undervalued: Addressing Africa's Mineral Exploration Gap

Reuters | 7 May 2025

KoBold Metals Agrees on Framework to Buy Stake in Congo Lithium Deposit

African Policy Research Institute | 5 May 2025

A Game Changer in Flux: Recent Developments and Risks in the Lobito Corridor

Washington Post | 30 Apr 2025

Trump's Feud with South Africa Could Hinder Hunt for Critical Minerals

South African Institute of International Affairs | 24 Apr 2025

The Art of the Deal: How Africa Should Play its Cards in a New Era of Minerals Diplomacy

Atlantic Council | 23 Apr 2025

Illicit Mineral Supply Chains Fuel the DRC's M23 Insurgency

Al Jazeera | 12 Apr 2025

Africa Doesn't Need Aid. It Needs Control Over its Critical Minerals.

Natural Resource Governance Institute | 9 Apr 2025

As the West Turns Inward, Can Africa Leverage its Mineral Power?

Financial Times | 6 Apr 2025

US Closes in on Critical Minerals Deal with DR Congo

Minerals Council of South Africa | 3 Apr 2025

Key South African Mineral Exports to the US Excluded From Damaging Tariffs

Peterson Institute for International Economics | 24 Mar 2025

Why a US-DRC Minerals-for-Security Deal Could Backfire