Africa must stop supplying foreign industries while importing products made from its own resources, President John Mahama has said

Ghana plans to stop exporting unprocessed mineral ores by 2030 to build domestic industries and retain more of its resource wealth, the West African country’s president, John Dramani Mahama, has announced.

Speaking at the Mining in Motion Summit in Accra on Monday, Mahama said restrictions would be introduced in phases, backed by legislation, requirements for individual minerals, and implementation timetables. The plan covers resources including bauxite, manganese, iron, and lithium.

“I have set a clear goal that by 2030, raw mineral ores should no longer leave our shores,” the president said.…