Mining and sustainability in Africa – critical minerals
Links to literature and information resources. Compiled by the NAI library staff as a response to the 2026 assignment from the Swedish government on environmentally sustainable, socially inclusive and responsible mining of critical minerals.
Mines and mining have a long history in Africa. The NAI library collection covers both historical and contemporary social, economic, political, environmental and other aspects of the sector in literature and e-resources.
Links will bring you to our search tool AfricaLit Plus, where you can further tweak and filter your search.
Print titles are usually available for interlibrary loan within the Nordics, and quite a few titles are freely available online (try the open access filter).
Titles on mining or mine* External link, opens in new window. Keywords included in the search above: Mineral exploration, Mineral resources, Minerals, Miners, Mines, Mining, Mining development, Mining industry, Mining policy, Mining production, Mining statistics
An initiative by the African Union and overseen by the African Mineral Development Centre, among other things supporting the implementation of the African Green Minerals Strategy. Country/mineral profiles, publications and more.
An independent, non-profit organization funded by UN, Worldbank and NORAD among others. Blogposts, statistics, reports with region and country sections.
Global network of organisations advocating for equitable governance of natural resources. Publications, press releases, member organisation lists and more.
Non-exhaustive list of African government bodies — ministries, departments etc. — dealing with mining. To a varying degree their websites include legislation, statistics, publications and more.
