Abidjan, Dec 19, 2024 (AFP) - Ivory Coast wants bigger share of its mining boom

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2024-12-19

Ivory Coast's mining industry is booming, driven by foreign investment and the discovery of new deposits, but the country now wants a bigger slice of the pie for its own businesses. Huge deposits of natural resources -- including oil, gas and gold -- have pushed the economy of the world's biggest cocoa producer in a new direction. Three discoveries of oil and gas have been made since 2021 and gold production last year was four times higher than a......

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