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Minister retains licensing powers as Parliament passes new mining law

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…

Buhweju miners forge ahead

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…

Tanzanite: Tanzanian miner becomes overnight millionaire

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…

Subsistence miners lose out as coronavirus crushes local gold prices

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…

How minerals and metals companies can help achieve 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

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…

Repositioning Africa in an era of the low carbon economy

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…

Ghana now Africa’s largest gold producer, but reforms await

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…

Rwanda signs Mining Agreement with Zimbabwe

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…

US investors demand $96m for loss of Rwanda contracts

Aug 05, 2019

A group of US investors have taken Rwanda to an international court, seeking compensation of $95 million after the government seized their mining concessions, effectively denying them operating…

Kenya crude oil capacity economically unviable for refinery

Aug 05, 2019

Deposits discovered in Kenya are insufficient to justify construction of a refinery, a senior petroleum ministry official said on Tuesday. Kenya discovered commercial oil in 2012 in its Lokichar…