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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-14T08:49:36.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Africa",
    "Mining",
    "Africa Mining",
    "Artificial Intelligence",
    "BRGM",
    "Cobalt",
    "Copper",
    "Critical Minerals",
    "Critical Raw Materials Act",
    "Energy Transition",
    "Eramet",
    "European Strategic Autonomy.",
    "Lithium",
    "Lithosquare",
    "Manara Minerals",
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    "AI Becomes Europe’s New Weapon in Africa’s Critical Minerals Race",
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  "textContent": "Artificial intelligence is becoming a critical instrument in the global pursuit of resource security after French mining group Eramet, AI specialist Lithosquare and France’s geological agency BRGM launched a partnership to accelerate the discovery of critical minerals across Africa. The initiative comes as the continent increasingly emerges at the centre of strategic competition among European, […]\n\nThe post AI Becomes Europe’s New Weapon in Africa’s Critical Minerals Race appeared first on The Middle East Observer.",
  "title": "AI Becomes Europe’s New Weapon in Africa’s Critical Minerals Race"
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