Robert

Government prioritises development minerals for value addition

Oct 13, 2021

Development Minerals have ascended government’s priority list of mineral beneficiation and manufacturing. The minerals include construction materials like sand, clay, marble, murram, dimension stones…

READ MORE

Beneficial ownership transparency at heart of Uganda’s inaugural EITI report

Oct 04, 2021

As Uganda prepares to produce its inaugural Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) report in June 2022, the issue of disclosure of beneficial ownership by licensed companies has lately…

READ MORE

Looming eviction deadline has Kisita ASMs on tenterhooks

Sep 01, 2021

Artisanal and small-scale gold miners operating in Kisita are bracing for uncertain times as a six-month November eviction deadline draws nearer. The eviction notice which came as a presidential…

READ MORE

Oil and gas sector presents opportunity for Development Minerals ASMs

Jul 16, 2021

In 2016 the ACP-EU Development Minerals Programme was launched to improve the management of development minerals while building knowledge and awareness about them. As a member of the 40 ACP Group of…

READ MORE

UK-China based Consortium announce letter of award for $2 billion Tilenga deal

Jun 12, 2021

A UK-China based consortium has announced it has received a conditional Letter of Award for the future contract valued at approximately $2 billion from Total for the Tilenga project. UK-based…

READ MORE

Karamoja geophysical airborne survey to last one year

May 31, 2021

The geophysical airborne survey and geological mapping of the Karamoja subregion set to kick off anytime will last one year. On March 24, 2021, the Minister of Energy & Mineral Development, Mary…

READ MORE

Competition for resources pits Karamoja locals against miners

May 31, 2021

Karamoja region, now comprising nine districts, was mostly insecure until the turn of the twenty first century. A long stretch of civil strife that dates back to the 1970s characterized by incessant…

READ MORE