During the week of 22 September 2025, States once again met in Vienna under Working Group III (WGIII)...
The global transition to renewable energy systems will be mineral intensive and, under the current linear economy conditions,...
CCSI and the World Bank collaborated in 2012–2013 to systematically assess the potential and challenges of power–mining integration in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). To that end, CCSI built the Africa Power–Mining Database 2013, containing 455 projects in 28 SSA countries with a minimum of USD 250 million gross value of ores reserves, in all project phases, spanning the years 2000–2020. The database estimates the demand for power in 2000, 2012 and 2020, and identifies the range of past, present, and future power-sourcing arrangements for the 455 projects. The study also assesses different institutional settings and policy instruments with potential to lead to better integration between mines’ investment plans in power infrastructure and governments’ plans for national power development. Read here the final publication by the World Bank and the database, both launched at Mining Indaba 2015 (see press release). See also CCSI’s study on renewables and mining, discussing similar issues in the context of renewable energy.
Mining, Metals and Resource-based Development / Report
