<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Minerals on Kandaka</title><link>https://kandaka.com/tags/minerals/</link><description>Recent content in Minerals on Kandaka</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://kandaka.com/tags/minerals/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Sudan's Underground Wealth: Gold, Chromite, and the Mining Sector That Could Fund Recovery</title><link>https://kandaka.com/ideas/minerals-sudan/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://kandaka.com/ideas/minerals-sudan/</guid><description>Sudan is one of Africa&amp;#39;s largest gold producers, yet most of its mineral wealth leaves the country in other people&amp;#39;s hands. The case for building a Sudanese mining sector — not just a Sudanese mining hole.</description></item><item><title>Gold, Gum Arabic, and the Resource Curse: Why Sudan's Riches Keep Making It Poorer</title><link>https://kandaka.com/ideas/gold-gum-arabic-resource-curse-sudan/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://kandaka.com/ideas/gold-gum-arabic-resource-curse-sudan/</guid><description>Sudan has the third largest gold reserves in Africa and controls 80% of global gum arabic supply. Both are exported raw, undertaxed, with rents captured by military elites. This is Paul Collier&amp;#39;s resource trap operating in real time — and it has a documented solution.</description></item></channel></rss>