The Africa Mining Vision: mining as a catalyst for development

摘要

In December 2011, ministers and senior officials from more than 30 African countries met at the African Union in Addis Ababa. Their task was to agree on a concrete action plan that would realise the objectives of the Africa Mining Vision.The Vision's ultimate objective is to achieve broad-based and rapid socioeconomic development for Africa by using mineral resources to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and so eradicate poverty. It is thus a deliberately ambitious statement on the role that mining should play in transforming the standard of living for millions of Africans.