EU–Africa Strategic Corridors and critical raw materials: two-way approach to regional development and security of supply

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Figure 1. Overview of the methodology applied in the CUSA project – Phase 1 [1].

Table 1. Mineral resource-related indicators initially identified in CUSA project (source [1].

Indicator	Description	Units	Highest geographical detail	Source
Mineral resource availability (in number)	Expressed as number of mining sites (properties). All mining sites are considered, with the exception of those that are currently closed and classified as inactive.	[#]	Mining site location	S&P Global
Mineral resource availability	Expressed in mass (tonnes). All mining sites are considered, with the exception of those that are currently closed and classified as inactive. Of these mining sites, only those with reported reserve/resource estimates are considered.	[t]	Mining site location	S&P Global
Mineral resource value	Expressed in in-situ value ($). All mining sites are considered, with the exception of those that are currently closed and classified as inactive. Of these mining sites, only those with reported reserve/resource estimates are considered.	[10^6$]	Mining site location	S&P Global
Mineral resource at risk (in number)	Share of mining sites for which at least two categories of risk among political, operational, security and terrorism, are classified as either 'extreme' or 'high'. All mining sites are considered, with the exception of those that are currently closed and classified as inactive. Of these mining sites, only those with reported reserve/resource estimates are considered. The percentage is computed on the number of mining sites.	[%]	Mining site location	S&P Global
Mineral resource at risk (in availability)	Share of mineral resources for which at least two categories of risk among political, operational, security and terrorism are classified as either 'extreme' or 'high'. All mining sites are considered, with the exception of those that are currently closed and classified as inactive. Of these mining sites, only those with reported reserve/resource estimates are considered. The percentage is computed on the availability (tonnes) of the resources.	[%]	Mining site location	S&P Global
Mineral resource at risk (in value)	Share of mineral resources for which at least two categories of risk among political, operational, security and terrorism are classified as either 'extreme' or 'high'. All mining sites are considered, with the exception of those that are currently closed and classified as inactive. Of these mining sites, only those with reported reserve/resource estimates are considered. The percentage is computed on the in-situ value ($) of the resources.	[%]	Mining site location	S&P Global
Mining contribution index (MCI)	Average value of the MCI of countries in the corridor. MCI is a composite index comprising four indicators, each capturing different aspects of mining’s contribution to national economies: • Mineral and metal export contribution. • Increase/decrease in mineral and metal export contribution. • Mineral production value as a percentage of GDP. • Mineral rents as a percentage of GDP.	[-]	Country, redistributed proportionally to the in situ value of the mining sites located within the corridor area	ICMM (International Council on Mining & Metals)

Table 2. Distribution of mining properties across the Strategic Corridors.

Strategic Corridor	Mining properties (number)
Abidjan-Ouagadougou	138
Cotonou-Niamey	15
Praia-Dakar-Abidjan	282
Abidjan-Lagos	130
Mombasa-Kisangani	87
Douala/Kribi-Kampala	45
Cairo-Khartoum-Juba-Kampala	37
Libreville/Kribi-N’Djamena	36
Dar es Salaam/Mombasa-Addis Ababa-Berbera/Djibouti	65
Durban-Lusaka	596
Maputo-Gaborone-Walvis Bay	602

A mining property can be associated with more than one corridor in case it is located in an area of overlap between two or more corridors.

Figure 2. The initially identified 55 Corridors and the final envisaged 11 Strategic Corridors, as emerged from the CUSA project (source [1]).

Figure 3. Number of mining properties located in Strategic corridors, by production stage and type.

Table 3. Number of mining properties distributed across corridors (source: elaboration from S&P Global data).

	Abidjan-Ouagadougou	Cotonou-Niamey	Praia-Dakar-Abidjan	Abidjan-Lagos	Mombasa-Kisangani	Douala/Kribi-Kampala	Cairo-Khartoum-Juba-Kampala	Libreville/Kribi-N’Djamena	Dar es Salaam/Mombasa-Addis Ababa- Berbera/Djibouti	Durban-Lusaka	Maputo-Gaborone-Walvis Bay
Aggregates	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (1)	- (-)
Aluminium (bauxite)	- (2)	- (-)	8 (23)	1 (-)	- (1)	1 (-)	1 (-)	1 (7)	- (2)	1 (-)	1 (-)
Antimony	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	1 (-)
Beryllium	- (1)	- (-)	- (1)	- (2)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (1)
Cadmium	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (1)	- (-)
Caesium	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (1)	- (1)	- (1)	- (1)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (1)
Cerium	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (1)
Chromium	- (-)	- (-)	- (2)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	37 (21)	44 (27)
Coal	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	1 (-)	- (-)	- (-)	64 (100)	103 (97)
Cobalt	- (1)	- (-)	- (9)	- (1)	3 (6)	3 (3)	- (3)	- (-)	- (-)	10 (7)	5 (3)
Copper	3 (4)	- (3)	- (15)	- (1)	1 (13)	1 (7)	1 (8)	- (-)	1 (5)	39 (47)	28 (41)
Diamonds	- (1)	- (-)	7 (57)	- (8)	- (5)	- (5)	- (1)	- (1)	- (-)	10 (36)	10 (25)
Dysprosium	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (1)	- (1)	- (1)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)
Ferroalloy	- (-)	- (-)	- (1)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	15 (3)	21 (4)
Garnet	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (1)	- (-)	- (-)
Germanium	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (1)	- (-)
Gold	14 (119)	1 (6)	9 (112)	22 (90)	5 (46)	2 (17)	1 (18)	- (13)	- (34)	81 (119)	76 (113)
Graphite	- (-)	- (-)	- (1)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (4)	1 (1)	- (3)
Heavy Mineral Sands	- (-)	- (-)	2 (5)	- (-)	1 (2)	- (1)	- (-)	- (1)	1 (10)	- (-)	- (-)
Iridium	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	20 (4)	23 (6)
Iron Ore	- (-)	- (2)	5 (51)	- (1)	- (5)	- (7)	1 (3)	- (11)	- (1)	1 (15)	4 (9)
Iron Sand	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	1 (-)
Lanthanides	- (-)	- (-)	- (4)	- (-)	- (5)	- (1)	- (4)	- (-)	- (1)	- (5)	- (4)
Lead	1 (2)	2 (-)	2 (6)	8 (-)	2 (3)	2 (2)	4 (3)	2 (-)	6 (2)	10 (2)	9 (5)
Leucoxene	- (-)	- (-)	1 (1)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (3)	- (-)	- (-)
Lithium	- (1)	- (-)	- (1)	- (3)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (5)	1 (3)
Magnesium	- (-)	- (-)	- (1)	- (-)	- (2)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)
Magnetite	- (-)	- (-)	1 (4)	- (-)	- (1)	- (-)	- (1)	- (-)	- (-)	- (1)	1 (-)
Manganese	1 (2)	- (-)	- (2)	1 (3)	- (1)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (1)	5 (4)	6 (5)
Molybdenum	- (1)	- (-)	- (1)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (1)	- (1)
Neodymium	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (1)	- (1)	- (1)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)
Nickel	- (2)	- (-)	- (11)	- (1)	- (5)	- (2)	- (3)	- (-)	- (3)	33 (37)	28 (27)
Niobium	- (1)	- (-)	- (2)	- (2)	- (4)	- (-)	- (1)	- (-)	- (1)	- (2)	1 (1)
Osmium	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	2 (1)	3 (1)
Palladium	- (-)	- (-)	- (4)	- (-)	- (1)	- (-)	- (2)	- (1)	- (-)	39 (66)	40 (61)
Phosphate	- (-)	1 (3)	3 (1)	1 (2)	- (2)	- (-)	1 (2)	- (-)	1 (1)	- (2)	- (-)
Platinum	- (-)	- (-)	- (4)	- (-)	- (1)	- (-)	- (2)	- (1)	- (-)	52 (72)	54 (64)
Potash	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (2)	- (5)	- (1)
Praseodymium	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (1)	- (1)	- (1)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)
Rhodium	- (-)	- (-)	- (1)	- (-)	- (1)	- (-)	- (1)	- (1)	- (-)	37 (55)	39 (53)
Rubidium	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	1 (-)	1 (1)
Ruthenium	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	18 (5)	21 (5)
Scandium	- (-)	- (-)	- (1)	- (-)	- (1)	- (1)	- (1)	- (-)	- (-)	- (1)	- (-)
Silver	8 (2)	- (1)	4 (1)	9 (-)	1 (6)	- (2)	- (2)	- (-)	- (1)	13 (11)	11 (21)
Tantalum	- (1)	- (-)	- (2)	- (4)	- (4)	- (1)	- (-)	- (1)	- (-)	- (4)	1 (3)
Terbium	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (1)	- (1)	- (1)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)
Thorium	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (1)	- (1)	- (1)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)
Tin	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (1)	1 (6)	- (3)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (8)	1 (4)
Titanium	- (-)	- (-)	5 (12)	- (-)	2 (5)	- (2)	- (1)	- (2)	2 (21)	- (4)	1 (4)
Tungsten	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	3 (5)	- (2)	- (-)	- (-)	- (1)	1 (1)	- (2)
Uranium	- (-)	- (-)	- (8)	- (-)	- (3)	- (4)	- (1)	- (3)	- (2)	10 (30)	11 (32)
Vanadium	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (-)	- (1)	- (-)	- (1)	- (-)	- (-)	4 (10)	4 (9)
Zinc	1 (2)	- (1)	- (7)	- (-)	- (5)	- (2)	- (3)	- (-)	- (2)	3 (6)	- (6)
Zircon	- (-)	- (-)	2 (5)	- (-)	1 (2)	- (1)	- (-)	- (1)	1 (9)	- (-)	- (-)

*Closed and inactive sites are excluded. The first figure indicates mines in production. The figure within parenthesis refers to prospective mines (properties).

** Note: a mining property can be associated with more than one corridor in case it is located in an area of overlap between two or more corridors.

*** A single mining property can be associated with more than one commodity.

Figure 4. Strategic Corridors and mining resources in Africa.

Figure 5. Mining properties classified by production stage and availability of battery materials: Durban-Lusaka.

Figure 6. Mining properties classified by production stage and availability of battery materials: Maputo-Gaborone-Walvis Bay.

Figure 7. Mining properties classified by production stage and availability of battery materials: Cotonou-Niamey.

Table 4. Distribution of mining properties across African regions and Strategic Corridors (source: elaboration from S&P Global data).

Region	Mining properties (number)	Mining properties in at least one corridor (number)	Mining properties in at least one corridor (%)
Central	349	54	15
East	877	210	24
Northern	142	17	12
Southern	1465	720	49
West	1070	525	49

C. Baranzelli, A. Kucas, B. Kavalov, A. Maistrali, M. Kompil, S. Oliete Josa, M. Parolin, and C. Lavalle , Identification, characterisation and ranking of Strategic Corridors for an Enhanced and Greener in Africa, EUR 31069 EN, Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2022. ISBN 978-92-76-52430-4, doi:10.2760/498757, JRC128942.

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