Women in Mining Africa Advocates for Mineral Pricing Control
Women in Mining Africa (WiM-Africa) has urged African countries to advance beyond merely extracting and exporting raw minerals. The organization emphasizes the need for developing processing capabilities, market intelligence, and financial infrastructure to influence mineral pricing.
Dr Comfort Asokoro-Ogaji, the executive director of WiM-Africa, will present this position at the Shanghai Metals Expo 2026 in China in November, where she is scheduled to be a roundtable speaker. The roundtable, titled “Eastern Pricing 2.0: Integrating Futures, Physical Markets, Industry and Finance for the Next Stage of Global Metals Pricing,” is convened by Shanghai Metals Market (SMM).
Asokoro-Ogaji stated that Africa must enhance its capacity to participate in global mineral pricing systems to leverage its vast mineral resources effectively. WiM-Africa's call for investment in beneficiation, reliable geological data, and regional trading systems comes amid increasing global competition for critical minerals essential for industrialization and energy transition.
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