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<p>CNBC Africa puts the Focus On opportunities for mining in Africa, and embracing the power of positive disruption &#8211; coming from the 30th Mining Indaba in Cape Town.</p>


Absa Focus On Mining Indaba: Investment opportunities in Africa’s mining industry

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<p>This Focus On episode looks at fostering sustainability as well as reducing operational costs within African mining. CNBC Africa&#8217;s Dewald Rademeyer spoke with Francisco Baudrand, CEO of Enaex Africa, a company that provides explosives needed to execute the blasting process.</p>


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Focus On Mining Indaba: Fostering Sustainability in Mining

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<p>CNBC Africa is in Cape Town for the 2024 Mining Indaba. In this episode of Focus On we hear from Nedbank about trends in battery minerals in Africa as well as sustainable practices to ensure responsible sourcing.</p>


Nedbank Focus On Mining Indaba: Mining Trends & Outlook

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<p>From the 30th Mining Indaba held in Cape Town, we put the Focus On the Richards Bay Industrial Development Zone. Topics covered include the need for good governance, enhancing the local value chain to develop Africa&#8217;s export infrastructure.</p>


Focus On: Exploring the Richards Bay Industrial Development Zone

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<p>From the 30th Mining Indaba in Cape Town, we look at the effect of at mineral export bans on investment opportunities and finding a balance between reducing mineral exports and feeding global demand.</p>


Absa Focus On Mining Indaba: Reflecting on Africa’s mining industry


<p>JOHANNESBURG, May 8 (Reuters)&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;The need to secure new sources of metals for the energy transition amid sanctions on top producer Russia has increased the Africa risk appetite for major miners, who have few alternatives to the resource-rich continent.</p>



<p>Companies and investors are considering projects they may have previously overlooked, while governments are also looking to Africa, anxious to ensure their countries can procure enough metals to feed an accelerating net-zero push.</p>



<p>This year&#8217;s Investing in African Mining Indaba conference, which runs May 9-12 in Cape Town, will see the highest-ranking U.S. government official in years attending, organisers say, as well as representatives from the Japan Oil, Gas and Metals Corporation (JOGMEC), in a sign of rich countries&#8217; rising concern about securing supply.</p>



<p>&#8220;The reality is that the resources the world wants are typically located in difficult places,&#8221; said Steven Fox, executive chairman of New York-based political risk consultancy Veracity Worldwide.</p>



<p>The U.S. administration wants to position itself as a strong supporter of battery metals projects in sub-Saharan Africa, he said.</p>



<p>&#8220;While Africa presents its challenges, those challenges are no more difficult than the corresponding set of challenges in Canada. It may be easier to actually bring a project to fruition in Africa, than in a place like Canada or the U.S.,&#8221; he added.</p>



<p>The United States has voiced support for new domestic mines, but projects have stalled. Rio Tinto&#8217;s&nbsp;RIO.AX&nbsp;Resolution copper project, for example, was halted over Native American claims on the land, and conservation issues.</p>



<p>Certainly, the risks of mining in sub-Saharan Africa remain high. The acute security challenge facing mines in the gold-rich Sahel region was highlighted last month when Russia&#8217;s Nordgold abandoned its Taparko gold mine in Burkina Faso over an increasing threat from militants.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL5N2W93TK&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a></p>



<p>And even in the continent&#8217;s most industrialised economy, South Africa, deteriorating rail infrastructure is forcing some coal producers to resort to trucking their product to ports.<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL5N2WK5KH&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a></p>



<p>Yet with Russia&#8217;s 7% of global nickel supply, 10% of the world&#8217;s platinum, and 25-30% of the world&#8217;s palladium off the table, Africa&#8217;s rich deposits of those metals start looking a lot more attractive.</p>



<p>&#8220;As a mining company, there aren&#8217;t many opportunities and if you are going to grow, you&#8217;re going to have to look at riskier countries,&#8221; said George Cheveley, portfolio manager at Ninety One.</p>



<p>&#8220;Clearly, after Russia-Ukraine people are more sensitive to geopolitical risk and you cannot predict which projects are going to work out and which are not,&#8221; he added.</p>



<p>Kabanga Nickel, a project in Tanzania, secured funding from global miner BHP&nbsp;BHP.AX&nbsp;in January, and CEO Chris Showalter said it is seeing increased demand from potential offtakers.</p>



<p>Western sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine are forcing metals supply chains to reconfigure along geopolitical lines, Showalter said.</p>



<p>&#8220;Not everyone&#8217;s going to be able to get clean battery metals from a friendly jurisdiction, so I think some difficult decisions will have to be made, and it is going to force people to make some new decisions about where they want to source.&#8221;</p>



<p>(Reporting by Helen Reid in Johannesburg and Clara Denina in London; Editing by Amran Abocar and Susan Fenton)</p>


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Global scramble for metals thrusts Africa into mining spotlight

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<p>Inward investment was a key focus at the Mining Indaba this week. Government leaders and mining companies met virtually to discuss the way forward, amid the Covid-19 impact on the mining value chain. Joining CNBC Africa for more are Thabo Mokoena, Director General at the South African Department of Mineral Resources &#038; Energy; Fortune Mojapelo, CEO at Bushveld Minerals &#038; Neal Froneman, CEO at Sibanye-Stillwater.</p>


Mining Indaba: How the mining industry is responding to the COVID-19 crisis

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On the side-lines of the Mining Indaba in Cape Town, CNBC Africa’s Chris Bishop sat down with John Volanthen, Cave and Rescuer and Marco Pagnini, Operational Risk Director DuPont Sustainable Solutions to discuss mine safety and whether the mining industry is investing enough in looking after its workers.</p>


#MiningIndaba2020: Is the mining industry investing enough to protect its workers?

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CNBC Africa&#8217;s Chris Bishop spoke to David Urqhurt, the Bishop of Birmingham from the Church of England about ethical investing in mining at the just ended Mining Indaba in Cape Town.</p>


#MiningIndaba2020: Church of England’s David Urqhurt on ethical investing in mining

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The runner-up for last year&#8217;s Investment Battlefield, Walter Shamu, Chief Operating Officer of Orion Minerals says the format of the Investment Battlefield made his pitch even more exciting. CNBC Africa&#8217;s Chris Bishop caught up with him at the Mining Indaba to get more insight on the funds raised since last year.</p>


#MiningIndaba2020: Orion’s Walter Shamu on role of the Investment Battlefield in empowering junior miners

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CNBC Africa&#8217;s Chris Bishop spoke with Minister of Trade and Industry for Canada, Mary Ng on how Canada plans to deepen trade ties with South Africa and the rest of the continent.</p>


#MiningIndaba2020: Canadian Minister Ng on deepening trade ties with Africa

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As the Mining Indaba entered its third day in Cape Town people are taking stock of how much it has changed over the last quarter of a century and in particular during the last turbulent decade of uncertainty. The organisers of the Mining Indaba claim numbers are up this year, CNBC Africa’s Chris Bishop spoke to one of the delegates Michael Ryan.</p>


#MiningIndaba2020: FTI Consulting MD Michael Ryan reflects on 25 years of the Mining Indaba

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African Mining Indaba 2020 released its top 10 trends reports and CNBC Africa’s Chris Bishop spoke to mining expert, Andrew Swart outline how he sees the trends.</p>


#MiningIndaba2020: These top ten trends will shape the mining sector in 2020

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At the ongoing African Mining Indaba, CNBC Africa’s Chris Bishop caught up with Emma Wade-Smith, Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for Africa at the UK Department for International Trade and they discussed the importance of Africa’s mining industry to the United Kingdom.</p>


#MiningIndaba2020: Wade-Smith discusses the value of UK-Africa trade relationship in mining sector

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The Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC) plans to add significant value to the country’s Bauxite resources. GIADEC CEO, Michael Ernest Ansah says besides bauxite work is in place to revamp the Valco Aluminum Smelter in Ghana. Ansah discussed the opportunities in Ghana’s mining economy with CNBC Africa’s Chris Bishop on the side-lines of the Africa Mining Indaba.</p>


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#MiningIndaba2020: GIADEC CEO Michael Ansah on opportunities, projects in Ghana’s mining industry

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On the final of the Mining Indaba in Cape Town, CNBC Africa’s Chris Bishop spoke to Mineral Resources and Energy Minister, Gwede Mantashe about the key takeaways from the gathering and the need for greater cooperation among African countries.</p>


#MiningIndaba2020: Mantashe on self-generation

#MiningIndaba2020: Mantashe on self-generation, Mining Charter deadline & greater cooperation among African countries

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Cosatu says the appointment of Tiger Brands CEO, Noel Doyle, is uncalled for following his role in the bread price-fixing scandal. Cosatu says that incident was the pick-pocketing of the poorest consumers. Joining CNBC Africa to discuss this further is Michael Shingange, Cosatu Deputy President.</p>


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