2 hundred sixty miners trapped in a South African gold mine have been rescued after 24 hours.
No less than 260 miners have been delivered to the floor in South Africa after being caught underground at a gold mine for twenty-four hours.
Africa is on the centre of a rising demand for minerals and treasured metals.
Lithium is crucial to the transition away from fossil fuels, used for batteries in electrical automobiles and different clear power applied sciences.
However within the Democratic Republic of the Congo, rights teams proceed to denounce the damaging working circumstances of kids in artisanal mines, significantly for cobalt.
So, are the continent’s important minerals at a important juncture? And what would be the affect of the worldwide scramble for Africa’s pure assets?
Presenter: Tom McRae
Visitors:
Claude Kabemba – Govt director of Southern Africa Useful resource Watch
Christopher Vandome – Senior analysis fellow at Chatham Home Africa Programme
Maurice Carney – Co-founder and government director, Associates of the Congo
