• Oluwatosin Haruna
• Africa Economy
• African Mining
• September 29, 2026

Burkina Faso Opens First Gold Refinery in Push to Control Its Mining Wealth

Ibrahim Traoré is making a bold move to seize greater control of Burkina Faso’s gold wealth, opening the country’s first gold refinery as his junta pushes to process more of the precious metal at home and keep a bigger share of mining revenues within the country.