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🎙 Keynote by Kojo Busia 🎙 At the DRC - Africa Battery Metals Forum 2024, Kojo Busia, Executive Director of Green Africa Minerals, Ghana, delivered an insightful address on "Towards a Strategic Vision of a Sustainable Battery Minerals Ecosystem in the DRC: Challenges and Opportunities." His speech focused on the key challenges facing the battery metals sector and the vast opportunities for growth and sustainability in the DRC. ⚡🔋 #DRCBatteryMetals #SustainableDevelopment #CriticalMinerals #EnergyTransition

⛏ Planning to attend the #EUZambiaBusinessForum in #Kitwe, Zambia next month? ▫ Executive Director Stefan Crets, CSR Europe will partake in conversations on behalf of CSRE and Drive Sustainability on how the sourcing of #rawmaterials, such as copper-ore, can contribute to the development of local value chains, enhance local socio-economic impacts and increase the availability of sustainably sourced raw materials for the green transition. ▫ Concrete examples such as the gained experience in the #Extractives4Sustainability project* carried out in South Africa & the DRC, will be shared to highlight that the empowerment of local actors in the sustainability journey is essential to advance #sustainability in the #miningsector. 👇 More details & registration below! *𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH #CopperIndustry #GlobalGateway #DriveSustainability

🌍 Interested in investing in the Zambian #copper industry? Join the EU-Zambia Business Forum 2024, dedicated to “Growing the Copper Industry in Zambia through Green Value Chains”, and taking place in Kitwe, Zambia, between 10-12 April. The event aims to: 🟢 Showcase #investment opportunities for copper value addition in #Zambia 🟢 Facilitate #b2b and #b2g matchmaking 🟢 Foster connections between European and Zambian companies and between European investors and Zambian Government CSR Europe’s Executive Director, Stefan Crets, will take part in the event and present the business case of Drive Sustainability and the methodology developed to foster responsible #sourcing and #duediligence practices in the battery value chain in South Africa. 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱? Businesses operating in #mining, smelters/refinery/processing, copper-based #manufacturing, #energy, services to mines, #circulareconomy, #skills development, #construction material 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 but requires application 👉 https://shorturl.at/dFJK0 #EUZBF #engaged4change #eugreendeal #sustainability #greentransition #supplychainsustainability

Syrah Resources has signed a binding loan agreement with the United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) for a A$227 million (US$150 million) loan facility to support its Balama Graphite Operation in Mozambique. The loan will fund working capital, the expansion of tailings storage, and feasibility studies for vanadium resource development. This loan underscores the importance of Balama in bolstering U.S. supply chain security for critical minerals essential to the energy transition, particularly in the electric vehicle market. It represents the first DFC support for a graphite operation and aligns with U.S. Government efforts to foster sustainable supply chains outside of China. Read the full ASX Announcement here: https://lnkd.in/gNSCDBHf #SYR #Syrah #NaturalGraphite #GraphiteSupplyChain #BatteryMaterials #SustainableMining #CriticalMinerals #GraphiteSustainability #BatterySupplyChain #CarbonNeutral #NetZero #ZeroEmission #EV #Anode #ActiveAnodeMaterial #Lithiumionbatteries

📢 2 DAYS TO GO Let's Make it Happen! 🇵🇭 Join our insightful discussion and explore promising investment opportunities for sustainable growth within the critical minerals sector in the Philippines! 💻 Register Here: https://lnkd.in/gxdeaFzG #MakeitHappeninthePhilippines #PhilippinesBusiness

📢 3 DAYS TO GO Let's Make it Happen! 🇵🇭 Join our insightful discussion and explore promising investment opportunities for sustainable growth within the critical minerals sector in the Philippines! 💻 Register Here: https://lnkd.in/gxdeaFzG #MakeitHappeninthePhilippines #PhilippinesBusiness

📢📚 New #Publication:We’re thrilled to share our new report: #Zambia #copper wire and cable #market assessment 🗣️Karolina Stasiak, Ambassador of the #European Union to #Zambia and #COMESA « Zambian copper #industry has a great potential to expand value-addition to downstream copper #valuechains. New partnerships can drive #sustainable growth, promote #circular #economy and inclusive #development. With demand for critical #raw materials expected to grow exponentially, from exploration and extraction to value addition and #recycling, the #EuropeanUnion stands ready to support Zambia’s ambition to develop a thriving #mining industry that is environmentally and socially responsible and brings benefit to local communities ». In this report you can read about: 🎯Supply of Copper Products 🎯The Demand for Copper Wire and Cable 🎯Challenges towards Expansion of Downstream Value-Added Copper #Manufacturing 🎯Potential #Investment Opportunities 🎯#Government Policies on Downstream Value-Added Copper Manufacturing Read/ Download: 🔗https://lnkd.in/etuGhhhu We hope that this report will inspire #European and #Zambian #entrepreneurs and joint ventures and contribute to making the mining sector a real transformative driver of Zambia’s #economy! 🤝We thank everyone who collaborated on this report for their insights and efforts Jeremy Weate Lead Expert and ESG Roseta Chabala Market Assessment and Investment Expert Patience Mpofu Circular Economy expert in Mining mwansa Matokwani Investment Event Expert Stephen Doppler #CRM Expert With the guidance of Mihaela Balan (Team Leader, Africa RISE). The team is grateful to Paola Gosparini Senior Programme Manager PSD #EU Delegation to Zambia and COMESA for the overall oversight and guidance on the study and the implementation of the project.

Zambia, Africa's second-largest copper producer, plays a crucial role in the global copper market. With close to ten percent share of global production, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo lead the continent in copper output. The increasing demand for copper, driven by rapid industrialization in China and western societies rising highlights the significance of these key producers. #Zambia #CopperProduction #GlobalMarket

🔍 Unlocking Africa's Mineral Wealth: Paving the Road to Value Addition 🌍 Did you know Africa holds 30% of the world's critical minerals? Despite this, we miss out on the full economic benefits. To change this, we need to invest in refining and processing within the continent. Exciting initiatives like the US-led Lobito Corridor project are steps in the right direction. Join the conversation on how we can transform Africa's role in the global market and ensure sustainable growth!   Think Africa Logistics, Think EHS!  #EHSAfrica #LogisticsAfrica #EHSUganda #FedEx #Africa #MiningIndaba #AfricaRising #CriticalMinerals #SustainableDevelopment

Base Resources rocketed almost 90% as the mineral sands miner announced a merger with US-based Energy Fuels to create a global critical minerals business. Shareholders in Base will receive shares and a special dividend worth in total approximately A$0.302 (15.7p) per share, a premium of 188% to the last closing price. Two major investors in base (owning 26.5% and 24.8% of the shares on issue) have said they will vote in favour, said the statement. Development of world-class Toliara in Madagascar will be the group's focus, it added, with future monazite production from the project to be processed at Energy Fuels' operating White Mesa mill in the US. Base’s management will continue to oversee Toliara and the completion of operations and closure of Kwale operations in Kenya. The transaction values Base Resources equity at A$375 million (£195 million). Tim Carstens, Base Resources managing director,... More at #Proactive #ProactiveInvestors http://ow.ly/68Qp105qeOz