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Endeavour Mining produced 1.10 million ounces of gold in 2024, leading West Africa La Mancha, controlled by Egypt’s Sawiris family, holds the largest stake at 18.4% Endeavour operates five gold mines ...
Australia-listed West African Resources has poured first gold at its flagship Kiaka project in Burkina Faso, delivering the ...
Explore Foreign Affairs ’ coverage of the domestic politics and international relations of the region that includes Benin, ...
ABUJA, - West African nations want to strike deals with the U.S. over energy and rare earth minerals, but the Trump administration's looming expansion of travel bans risks derailing those efforts ...
Cocoa spot prices have retreated from record levels in the last few weeks after increased rain in West Africa helped offset concerns about the impact of tariffs and crop quality. Traders have also ...
Lindt & Spruengli AG has risen 28% to date as the Lindor maker has shown itself able to pass on higher costs to customers, helped by the launch of crowd-drawing products such as Dubai-style chocolate.
On Thursday, Barry Callebaut fell 0.9%, while Lindt was down 1.2%. For Barry Callebaut, another pressure point is the interest of short sellers as cocoa supplies continue to tighten and West African ...
The award — which marks the contractor's debut in the West African nation — is set to see the jack-up Admarine 510 begin work for Sinopec subsidiary Addax Petroleum in the fourth quarter of 2025.
A tamping down of tariff concerns and improved weather in West Africa contributed to the selling pressure. Cocoa futures in New York were 5.4% to $9,140 a ton in late morning trading to trade at ...
West African countries are adapting their interdiction strategies as drug traffickers and other criminals turn to sophisticated technology to evade detection, U.S. officials said this week.
The flowery love declarations from West Africa’s catfish scammers – once sent from internet cafés, now operated via smartphones – might seem amusing. Yet behind these creative hustles and Robin Hood ...
Lechner's remarks follow a surge in cocoa prices to record highs in 2024, driven by poor weather, disease, and pest outbreaks in West Africa that caused a supply deficit.