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Mine accidents continue to claim lives of ASMs
March 23, 2023 – blog, in the magazine, runner, top stories![](https://plexii.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/MINING-CZADASTRE-790x440.png)
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Government criminalises mercury use in mining
January 23, 2023 – around the world, blog, in the magazine, runner, top stories![](https://plexii.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/PlanetGOLD-Project-Manager-Lynn-Gitu-scaled.jpg)
“PlanetGOLD project will reduce mercury use in gold mining”
December 30, 2022 – around the world, blog, in the magazine, runner, top stories![](https://plexii.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MWarren-002-790x440.jpg)
Uganda set to join elite club of rare earth minerals producers
August 26, 2022 – around the world, blog, runner, top stories![](https://plexii.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Kagaba-mine-site-story-790x440.jpg)
Kagaba gold mine site receives hydro-electric power
June 24, 2022 – blog, in the magazine, runner, top stories![](https://plexii.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Busia-002.jpg)
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INSIDE THE MAGAZINE
Miners Speak Out on Mercury Use and the New Law
March 23, 2023Mine accidents continue to claim lives of ASMs
March 23, 2023Online mining cadaster transaction portal reopens, aligned with new law
February 27, 2023Government criminalises mercury use in mining
January 23, 2023“PlanetGOLD project will reduce mercury use in gold mining”
December 30, 2022Kagaba gold mine site receives hydro-electric power
June 24, 2022VIDEOS
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AROUND THE WORLD
Online mining cadaster transaction portal reopens, aligned with new law
February 27, 2023Government criminalises mercury use in mining
January 23, 2023IN PICTURES
![A rock salt dealer next to her stall on the shores of Lake Katwe](https://plexii.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/A-rock-salt-dealer-next-to-her-stall-on-the-shores-of-Lake-Katwe.jpg)
![An elderly man cracks a rock in order to get stone aggregate at a quarry in Gulu](https://plexii.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/An-elderly-man-cracks-a-rock-in-order-to-get-stone-aggregate-at-a-quarry-in-Gulu.jpg)
![One of the salt miners moves the salt to the shore of Lake Katwe](https://plexii.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/One-of-the-salt-miners-moves-the-salt-to-the-shore-of-Lake-Katwe.jpg)
![Salt miners pile freshly mined rock salt on the shore of Lake Katwe](https://plexii.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Salt-miners-pile-freshly-mined-rock-salt-on-the-shore-of-Lake-Katwe.jpg)
![A group of men mine rock salt at Lake Katwe in Kasese District](https://plexii.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/A-group-of-men-mine-rock-salt-at-Lake-Katwe-in-Kasese-District.jpg)