Mining

BRASM

Where are all ASMs?

Bukya John Bosco, the chairman Uganda Artisanal and Small Scale Miners (UGAASM) believes the on going biometric registration of ASMs will organize the sector and steer it towards better productivity…

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Rwanda Tin mine

Rwanda tin mine collapse kills fourteen workers

Fourteen people have been killed in a tin mine in eastern Rwanda after a hill collapsed on them following heavy rains, officials said. "Because of recent rainfall in the area, part of the hill nearby…

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Rwanda-mining-investor

US investors demand $96m for loss of Rwanda contracts

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…

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President Omar Bashir

International mining forum opens in Sudan

The Fourth Annual Sudan International Mining Forum and Exhibition opened on Monday in capital Khartoum, with more than 40 countries in participation. “This forum is convened under very complicated…

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Stone quarrying

A Snapshot of the Mechanized Stone Quarrying Industry in Uganda

I have had the opportunity of reading the Baseline Assessment of Development Minerals in Uganda Volume I and The Baseline Assessment of Development Minerals in Uganda Volume II (Markets study and…

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cheap gold

Travel Alert: Uganda Is Not a Cheap Gold Supermarket

As Uganda continues to grapple with the trajectory direction of its mining sector, the world’s fortune hunters are busy looking for cheap gold in the pearl of Africa. The last three years have seen a…

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