GlobalData figures estimate gold production in West Africa reached 11.83 million ounces (moz) in 2024, with Ghana, Burkina Faso and Mali emerging as the main contributors to this figure.

West African governments are scrambling to make the most of a new gold rush. But the boom is also exacerbating existing challenges for the region. The post For West Africa, the Gold Boom Is a ...

In West Africa, three to five million people depend on unregulated mining, accounting for approximately 30% of its gold production, other industry data show, serving as economic lifelines in a ...

The global spike in gold prices may be prolonging and exacerbating conflict in the Sahel - but, unfortunately for the diggers in artisanal gold mines, it has not led to owners increasing their wages.

Martin Ayisi, CEO of the Minerals Commission, said three other new mines, including a lithium project, will come onstream by 2026 to boost the West Africa nation's minerals production and quicken ...

South Africa's gold mines, once the apex of global gold production, now grapple with deep-seated challenges – aging infrastructure and depths that test the limits of modern mining.

A showdown with Barrick Gold in Mali, audits of oil contracts in Senegal, the CFA franc denounced – after the rhetoric, the economic reality in West Africa is delivering mixed results. The Boulevard ...

"Burkina Faso, 15 years ago, only had one or two significant gold mines - it's now got 12," he said. "It's been a hotbed of exploration and discovery over that period of time.

As the afternoon sun beats down on Gold Fields' sprawling Tarkwa gold mine in southwestern Ghana, three men launch a drone into the clear sky, its cameras scanning the lush 210-square-kilometer ...