Critical Raw Material Mining (Africa)
527 mines · 2000–2024 · 132 provinces ever treated across 29 countries
Jingtian Hu
Researcher
Tsinghua University
Detailed bio coming soon
Jingtian Hu maintains the Critical Raw Material panel under Xun Pang’s supervision. Full biography, research focus, and contact details will be added soon.
Collaborators
Overview
A spatial-temporal panel of 527 critical-raw-material mines across Africa (29 countries, 2000–2024). Mine-level ownership records from S&P Global Metals & Mining are spatially joined to 908 sub-national administrative regions (Natural Earth ADM1) to produce a province-year treatment indicator.
Phase 1 ships the CRM treatment view (where and when mining is active). Conflict (UCDP), protest (ACLED), and governance (World Bank) overlays are deferred to a later release — see Methodology for the full analytical roadmap.
At a Glance
Treatment uptake, country distribution, and commodity mix — drill into the Map and Timeline tabs for the spatial & panel views.
Treatment Uptake Over Time
Provinces with at least one active CRM mine each year, plus the cumulative count of provinces ever treated.
Top Countries — Active Mines (2024)
Top 12 African countries by active CRM mines in the most recent year.
Primary Commodity Mix
Top 15 primary commodities by mine count across all years.
Related Research & Sources
Source materials and related policy and reference works
S&P Global Metals & Mining (Properties database)
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Primary source: mine-level ownership history, locations, and commodities for 529 African mining properties.
Natural Earth — Admin-1 States & Provinces (10m)
Natural Earth public-domain map data
Sub-national administrative boundaries used for the spatial join (~908 African provinces).
European Commission — Critical Raw Materials Act
European Commission
Policy framing: CRM list (cobalt, lithium, rare-earth elements, platinum-group metals, etc.) and EU supply-security strategy.
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2024
U.S. Geological Survey
Annual compendium of global production and reserves data for critical minerals — useful complement to mine-level treatment.
Source paper (TBD)
Hu, J., Pang, X., et al.
Methodology paper underlying this dataset — citation forthcoming.