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Burkina Faso: project records

What was built? Who paid? What is operating? Explore a first collection from Burkina Faso, Ghana, Morocco and Nigeria, with original sources and the gaps visible.

Eight case studies · source review 13 October 2026 · a growing collection, not a ranking of countries or leaders

1 project records

Compare equivalent units, periods, phases and funding. Capacity is a design limit; throughput measures activity. An inauguration is a milestone; ongoing production needs separate evidence. Currency, inflation and scope differences prevent a fair simple cost ranking.

Burkina Faso · Industrial processingInaugurated

RAFFINOR-BF gold refinery

28 September 2026

Ownership / delivery
State investment through SONASP with private partners; percentages not established.
Cost and scope
FCFA 11 billion — ministry-reported investment, 29 September 2026; not audited final expenditure.
Capacity / infrastructure
164 tonnes/year theoretical phase-one capacity. A proposed 515-tonne phase two is not delivered output.
Reported activity
Ministry reports first bars at the inauguration. Sustained annual throughput not established.

Comparison limits

Gold processing and petroleum refining have different commodities and scope. This ceremony does not establish changes in national living standards.

Original records and source media

Photographs/video remain on their original source pages. Reuse licences are not established, so source media is linked rather than copied.

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