US EditionFrench Mining Group Digs in as Gabon Tightens Grip on Manganese Exports
- Gabon declared it will ban all raw manganese exports starting January 1, 2029, to boost local industry development.
- This decision follows President Brice Oligui Nguema’s plan to industrialize Gabon’s economy and reduce dependency on raw resource exports.
- The government has set a deadline of three years for mining companies to establish local processing facilities and intends to create a public-private investment fund to aid this transition.
- Eramet, the principal shareholder in Gabon's top manganese producer Comilog, has committed to maintaining employment for more than 10,000 workers while continuing cooperative dialogue with government authorities.
- The ban aims to create skilled jobs, increase tax revenues, and is part of broader reforms targeting economic self-reliance amid persistent poverty.
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Gabon to End Raw Manganese Export abroad, set for local processing to create economic value - The Zambian Observer
Gabon is the next African country making a big move in localizing their minning industry. It has been reported that the Central African country has planed to pass a law banning raw export of Manganese. If all stake holders come into an agreement and everything goes as planned, the ban will be effective January 1, […] The post Gabon to End Raw Manganese Export abroad, set for local processing to create economic value first appeared on The Zambian…
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