Another Chinese-run illegal oil refinery and lithium processing plants uncovered in West African country, months after illegal gold mining bust in the region

Business Insider AfricaOlamilekan Okebiorun · 9 November 2026 at 16:26

Barely six months after Ghana uncovered an illegal gold mining operation involving Chinese nationals, another West African country, Nigeria, has discovered a suspected Chinese-run oil refinery, following an earlier crackdown on four unauthorised lithium processing plants in the same area.
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