Artisanal miners power Ethiopia’s gold export boom 

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​ Ethiopia’s gold sector has achieved a remarkable milestone, with the metal surpassing coffee to become the country’s top export for the first time. The metal earned $3.5 billion in the 2024/2025 fiscal year. Interestingly, this boom is being driven not by large industrial mines, but by flexible and low-cost artisanal miners. These small-scale operators, using simple tools […]