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This aerial view shows a lithium mining site in Gidan Kwano, Nigeria, Jan. 23, 2025.
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is interested in developing the mining sector in Africa. On the first day of his second term, Trump signed an executive order focusing on minerals, mineral extraction, and mineral processing.
"Mainly in the United States but if you read closely there are also multiple references in that executive order to international partnerships and you know, cooperating with partner nations," said Scott Woodard, the acting deputy assistant secretary of state for energy transformation at the U.S. State Department.
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