Exploring and Unlocking Africa’s Mineral Wealth: Current Advances and Future Prospects
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2025) | Viewed by 2863
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mine planning and optimization; spontaneous combustion; computer applications in mining; machine learning
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Interests: spontaneous combustion and coal applications; clean energy minerals; sustainable mining; soft computing
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Interests: Paleoproterozoic sedimentary deposits; supergene ore deposits; Cu-Co-U, Mn and Fe deposits; Africa; D.R. Congo; artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM)
Interests: geodynamic; tectonic; paleogeography; natural hazards; North Africa; West Africa; Central Africa; South East Asia; Vietnam; Pan-African belts; Variscan belts; Alpine orogens
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Africa’s vast and varied terrain is rich in mineral resources such as coal, bauxite, tin, gold, silver, copper, uranium, cobalt, coltan and more, all of which are vital for global manufacturing. The GDP, export revenue, and general economic well-being of Africa are greatly impacted by the mining and extractive sectors. The mining and mineral industries in Africa face many of the same challenges that plague the mining industry worldwide. These challenges include the effects of the environment and climate change, trade disagreements, geopolitical unrest, varying demand, advancements in technology, and a lack of qualified maintenance personnel. In this Special Issue of Minerals, we aim to collate papers that discuss Africa’s mineral wealth, focusing on current advances and future prospects. For this Special Issue, we invite submissions from all researchers interested in mineral endowment and who wish to discuss the different commodities mined in Africa. We welcome papers that highlight new technologies in the sustainable development of mining and environment-related papers that shed light on future opportunities within mining. Works that develop methodological approaches and frameworks; studies of environmental, social, and governance (ESG)-related topics; and studies discussing how we might shape the future of minerals in Africa will form the basis of this Special Edition.
Prof. Dr. Bekir Genc
Dr. Moshood Onifade
Dr. Thierry De Putter
Dr. Michel Villeneuve
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- minerals
- Africa
- mining
- sustainable development
- environment
- ESG
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