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Meloni Positions Italy’s Mattei Plan Onto the EU Global Gateway

23 June 202510 July 2025 gbc AfCFTA, Agenda2063, AI, BlueRaman, Copperbelt, CriticalMinerals, digitalization, GGI, GlobalGateway, LobitoCorridor, MatteiPlan, PG2I

On 20 June 2025, a top-level meeting among Italy, the European Union (EU) and the African Union (AU) at the

US-Africa Business Summit 2025 Ushers In New Era of ‘Trade, Not Aid’ Partnership

23 June 20252 July 2025 gbc AGOA, CriticalMinerals, LobitoCorridor, M300, UABS, UABS2025

At the opening plenary of the US-Africa Business Summit 2025 (#UABS2025) in Angola, Senior Official Troy Fitrell at the Bureau

Critical Minerals Action Plan Launched at G7 Summit 2025 in Canada

18 June 20253 October 2025 gbc CircularEconomy, CMAP, CriticalMinerals, EconomicCorridors, G7, G7Summit2025, GSC, LobitoCorridor, LuzonCorridor, MSP, RareEarths, REE

Preamble Recognizing the strategic importance of #CriticalMinerals, including Rare Earth Elements (#REE) in technology and defense, in the light of

Hunan Sunwalk Signs $7B MoU for a Mining Project in Malawi

18 June 202519 September 2025 gbc CAETE2025, CriticalMinerals, REE, titanium

On 16 June 2025 in the margins of the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo 2025 (#CAETE2025), the Malawian Ministry of

GBC Takes Stock of Chinalco Mining Operations in Africa at CAETE 2025

16 June 20259 December 2025 gbc CAETE2025, Copperbelt, CriticalMinerals, ESG, GreenCopper, LobitoCorridor, LVA, REE, Simandou, TAZARA

Chinalco at CAETE 2025 At the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo 2025 (#CAETE2025) held in Changsha from 12 to 15

Military and Mining High on France-Indonesia Partnership Agenda

30 May 20252 June 2025 gbc CriticalMinerals, EV, IndoPacific, nickel

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Jarkarta, Indonesia, in the evening of Tuesday 27 May 2025. A meeting with Indonesian

US Unfurls Commercial Diplomacy at West Africa AmCham Business Summit in Abidjan

21 May 20251 August 2025 gbc AfCFTA, AGOA, AmCham, CriticalMinerals, FDI, LobitoCorridor, UABS, UALS, USAID

West Africa AmCham Business Summit 2025 AmCham Cote d’Ivoire and US-Africa Business Center co-organized the West Africa AmCham Business Summit

China Plans to Open an Electric Vehicle (EV) Plant in Nigeria

20 May 202522 May 2025 gbc BRI, CriticalMinerals, EV, FDI, industrialization, Lithium, LocalBeneficiation, SGR

On 19 May 2025, Chinese Ambassador YU Dunhai paid a courtesy visit to Nigerian Minister of Solid Minerals Development Dr

China and USA Hash Out Trade War Ceasefire After Two-Day Talks in Geneva

12 May 202525 October 2025 gbc AI, CriticalMinerals, REE, tariffs

On Monday 12 May 2025, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) jumped 1,000 points, or +2.5%, upon the publication of

Peace and Business on Menu for Kagame and Macron at Elysee Amid Global Flux

9 May 20259 May 2025 gbc Coltan, CriticalMinerals, EnergyTransition, GGI, LobitoCorridor, PG2I

On 7 May 2025, Rwandan President Paul Kagame met with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. The two leaders discussed

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