Mali has initiated construction of a new gold refinery backed by Russia, marking a step towards the country’s goal of asserting greater control over its natural resources, according to a Reuters ...

West African governments are scrambling to make the most of a new gold rush. But the boom is also exacerbating existing ...

Burkina Faso is also building its first-ever gold refinery, and has set up a state-owned mining company, requiring foreign firms to give it a 15% stake in their local operations and to transfer ...

This transformative trend will be center stage at the upcoming African Mining Week (AMW) 2025, the continent’s most prominent ...

Ghana is building a 4-million-euro gold refinery at the premises of the Precious Minerals Marketing Company (PMMC) Limited, its Chief Executive Officer Reu ...

Mali's military junta has started building a gold refinery in partnership with a Russian conglomerate, the Yadran Group. The project would embody the West African nation's assertion of its ...

A pink building guarded by dogs at Entebbe on the shores of Lake Victoria, the refinery, African Gold Refinery (AGR), is part of a trend across Africa. Small-scale mining is booming, ...

Kazakhstan plans to begin construction of a third gold refinery next year to process an expected increase in volumes of the precious metal, the country's Industry Ministry said on Monday.

In this article, World Gold Council CFO Terry Heymann writes about the measures being taken by the mining industry and gold refiners to increase trust in the gold supply chain.

Cost of the gold on the Colorado Capitol building. ... While it was technically free for the city, the value of the gold, refining and transportation was estimated at $125,000 at the time.

For the governments of West Africa's Sahel region, the stakes are even higher. Gold is a lifeline for the military juntas of ...