Aug 05, 2019
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…
Uganda’s gold exports hit $514 million last year raising excitement that majority of the players in the gold mining business, who are Artisanal and Small Scale Miners, are reaping big. However, this…
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…
Please tell us your name and your position in the association? I am Bukya John Bosco, the chairperson of the Uganda Association of Artisanal and Small Scale Miners (UGAASM), and also the chairperson…
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…
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…
