Togo may occupy a small footprint in West Africa, but its mineral endowment carries outsized economic importance. For decades, the country’s mining sector has been defined almost entirely by phosphate, a low-visibility but globally strategic mineral that anchors exports and supports agricultural supply chains worldwide. Yet beyond phosphate, Togo hosts a broader, if underdeveloped, mineral…
For more than a century, manganese has quietly underpinned Ghana’s mining legacy. Today, the sector stands at a strategic turning point. From the historic open-pit mine at Nsuta to ambitious plans for a state-backed manganese refinery, Ghana’s manganese industry could re-emerge as a cornerstone of economic diversification, industrialisation, and value-added mining. A Storied Past —…
Ghana’s salt industry is quietly staging a comeback. Long overshadowed by gold and cocoa, salt, produced mainly by solar evaporation along the coast, has begun attracting renewed policy attention, private investment and public debate. Once a largely artisanal sector supplying local markets, salt is now cast by policymakers and investors as a strategic raw material…
Ghana’s gold-mining landscape took a major step forward last week as Newmont officially opened the Ahafo North mine in the Ahafo region, marking the company’s newest gold production hub in the country. The US$900 million project is expected to bolster Ghana’s standing as Africa’s leading gold producer while also reinforcing Newmont’s global portfolio of low-cost,…