NEWS: Ivory Coast wants bigger share of its mining boom

The mining sector now accounts for four percent of Ivory Coast’s gross domestic product.
Photo: ISSOUF SANOGO / AFP
Source: AFP

Ivory Coast’s mining industry is booming, driven by foreign investment and the discovery of new deposits, but the country now wants a bigger slice of the pie for its own businesses.

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