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Guinean junta unveils composition of National Transitional Council

Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, head of Guinea’s ruling junta, has named the 81 members of the National Transitional Council (CNT), the transitional legislative body that will decide when civilians return to power. Doctor Danso Kourouma, a civil society activist, was named president of the CNT, according to a decree read out Saturday night on state television. […]

Morocco’s OCP achieves water independence with record-breaking pipeline project

Morocco’s OCP Group has commissioned the country’s longest water pipeline, a 203-kilometer engineering marvel transporting desalinated water from the Atlantic coast to inland phosphate mining operations, achieving complete water autonomy two years ahead of schedule. The Jorf Lasfar-Khouribga pipeline, operated by OCP Green Water, represents a MAD 5 billion ($556 million) investment addressing Morocco’s persistent […]

South Africa: 15% Eskom tariff hike could cut 150,000 mining jobs

The Minerals Council of South Africa on Thursday warned that the country could lose up to 150,000 jobs, if state-owned electricity supplier Eskom is granted permission to increase electricity tariff by 15%. Eskom has asked government for a 15% tariff increase over three years. The mining lobby group said the move would also hasten the […]