After a 24-hour rescue, there were 260 miners trapped in a South African gold mine.
After being stranded underground at a gold mine for 24 hours, at least 260 miners have been brought to the surface in South Africa.
Minerals and precious metals are increasingly demanded in Africa.
Lithium is crucial for the transition from fossil fuels, which are used in batteries for electric vehicles and other renewable energy technologies.
Rights groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo continue to criticize the dangerous working conditions for children in artisanal mines, especially for cobalt.
Are the continent’s crucial minerals at a critical juncture, then? And what will the global struggle for Africa’s natural resources entail?
Presenter: Tom McRae
Guests:
Southern Africa Resource Watch’s Executive Director is Claude Kabemba.
Christopher Vandome, Senior Researcher at Chatham House Africa Programme
Source: Aljazeera
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