{"id":54546,"date":"2025-06-18T14:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T14:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/mali-begins-construction-of-gold-refinery-in-partnership-with-russia\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T14:18:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T14:18:06","slug":"mali-begins-construction-of-gold-refinery-in-partnership-with-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/mali-begins-construction-of-gold-refinery-in-partnership-with-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Mali begins construction of gold refinery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reports indicate that this project is a key part of Mali&#8217;s broader mining reforms, led by President Assimi Go\u00efta\u2019s government, which aim to retain more value-added processing within the country. <\/p>\n<p>By keeping more gold processing local, Mali hopes to develop its workforce and retain more economic benefits from its gold industry.<\/p>\n<p>The state will hold a 62% stake in the refinery, while Yadran Group will own 38%. The refinery is set to become a regional hub, processing gold not only for Mali but eventually for neighboring countries like Burkina Faso as well.<\/p>\n<p>This project aligns with a growing trend across the Sahel region, where countries are revising mining laws to ensure that more value-added processing takes place domestically. <\/p>\n<p>Mali\u2019s move reflects the urgent need for African countries to process their raw materials locally, rather than exporting them for others to reap the profits.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-89312\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/gen_goita_yasobanuye_ko_mali_itari_ikwiye_guhomba_amafaranga_yagiye_mu_mahanga_kubera_kutitunganyiriza_zahabu-47c89.jpg\" alt=\"Mali initiated the construction of a new state-controlled gold refinery in collaboration with Russia\u2019s Yadran Group on June 17, 2025.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mali initiated the construction of a new state-controlled gold refinery in collaboration with Russia\u2019s Yadran Group on June 17, 2025. The facility, designed to process up to 200 metric tons of gold annually, will significantly increase Mali\u2019s refining capacity and reduce its reliance on exporting raw gold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000089311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-54546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000089311,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gen_goita_yashyize_ibuye_ry_ifatizo_ahari_kubakwa_uru_ruganda-6f211.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gen_goita_yashyize_ibuye_ry_ifatizo_ahari_kubakwa_uru_ruganda-6f211.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gen_goita_yashyize_ibuye_ry_ifatizo_ahari_kubakwa_uru_ruganda-6f211.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gen_goita_yashyize_ibuye_ry_ifatizo_ahari_kubakwa_uru_ruganda-6f211.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gen_goita_yashyize_ibuye_ry_ifatizo_ahari_kubakwa_uru_ruganda-6f211.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gen_goita_yashyize_ibuye_ry_ifatizo_ahari_kubakwa_uru_ruganda-6f211.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000089311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54546"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=54546"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=54546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}