Karamoja region, now comprising nine districts, was mostly insecure until the turn of the twenty first century. A long stretch…
Competition for resources pits Karamoja locals against miners
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Buhweju miners forge ahead
In 2019, Artisanal and Small scale Miners (ASMs) in Buhweju District were stopped from mining by the Police Minerals Protection…
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Bukya John Bosco, Chairman Uganda Association for Artisanal and Small scale Miners “Mining is capital intensive. We want to acquire…
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Africa is bleeding value and wasting away an opportunity to cash in on a ‘new’ class of minerals that are driving the green energy transition.
How the draft Mining and Minerals Bill (2018) handles Development Minerals
The Bill seeks to formalise and regulate the Artisanal and Small-scale Mining sector, including the commercial exploitation of building and construction materials, collectively referred to as Development Minerals.