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Feb 28, 2022
In a bewildering turn of events, the Director at the Directorate of Geological Survey and Mines (DGSM) will no longer license mining companies, according to the recently passed Mining and Minerals…
Jan 25, 2021
In 2019, Artisanal and Small scale Miners (ASMs) in Buhweju District were stopped from mining by the Police Minerals Protection Unit because they did not have the requisite mineral rights. The miners…
Jun 25, 2020
A small-scale miner in Tanzania has become an overnight millionaire after selling two rough Tanzanite stones - the biggest ever find in the country. Saniniu Laizer earned £2.4m ($3.4m) from the…
Apr 01, 2020
“We are praying to God to end this disease so that we can continue with our business,” said Tanzanian miner Selamani Juma Salum. Informal gold miners from South America to Africa are selling gold at…
Feb 21, 2020
Minerals and metals play a central role in the global economy and will continue to provide the raw material we need for industrial processes and daily use. Despite enormous efforts to decouple…
Feb 17, 2020
The narrative on transiting to a low carbon emission energy system has dominated the international developmental agenda, with a number of countries already taking a leading role in planning for this…
Oct 11, 2019
But beating South Africa, where mining is plagued by industrial militancy and the deepest mines in the world, was always likely to happen sooner or later. Academics at the University of the…
Sep 03, 2019
Rwanda has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Zimbabwe that will see the two countries cooperating and exchanging experiences from the extractive industries to develop their respective…
Aug 05, 2019
Deep inside Rwemizi village in Ruhama Parish, Ntungamo district a group of miners have resolved to keep the tin they mine until they are able to get a processing centre to add value and be able to…
Despite being central to Uganda’s mining industry, Artisanal and Small Scale Mining (ASM) in Uganda has for years been neglected by authorities. Until recently, the ASM sub-sector was not even duly…
