World’s largest cocoa producer targets two Russian-backed African gold powers as China, Russia, U.S., Canada and a gold-rich island continent dominate - Business Insider Africa
Gold
AI desk brief
Côte d’Ivoire is rapidly scaling gold output as it seeks to diversify beyond agriculture, with operational mine sites rising from 4 in 2015 to 13 in 2024 and production climbing from 23.54t to more than 59t, with Lafigué expected to lift output to about 62t. The country is targeting West African rivals Burkina Faso and Mali by 2035, but still remains well behind the global leaders China (384.3t), Russia (345t), Australia (293.2t), Canada (213.3t) and Peru (208.9t).
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