Tag Archives: mining

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Police has recovered bodies of five men who were buried alive in a stone quarry on Saturday evening. The incident happened around 6:30pm after part of the stone quarry collapsed and trapped unknown number of people and a vehicle under its rubble in Nganjo …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Namulanda Nganjo cell in Kajjansi Town Council are scared that three or more people could have been killed after part of a stone quarry collapsed Saturday evening. Led by Maria Nanteza and Canaan Nsubuga, the residents and area leaders are urging the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Environment and Natural Resources Committee of Parliament is divided on President Yoweri Museveni’s proposals regarding the Mining and Minerals Bill, 2021. On June 18, 2022, President Yoweri Museveni returned the Mining and Minerals Bill, 2021 to parliament for reconsideration.   The Bill which seeks …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local governments in Karamoja districts are losing revenue accruing from the transportation of mineral transportation as miners withdraw from the fields citing the insecurity in the region. Karamoja region has experienced unrest for the past few months following the escalation of ambushes and raids …

Mityana, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stakeholders in the mining sector have asked the government to invest in restoration and conservation of the environment for artisanal miners in a move needed to fight the adverse effects of climate change in the country. Chris Musiime, the Programmes Director for Africa Center …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has passed the Mining and Minerals Bill, 2021 which will see the establishment of the Uganda National Mining Company which will manage the government’s commercial holding and participating interests in mineral agreements. The Bill that was passed on 17 February 2022 mandates the …

  Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mining communities in Moroto district have offered more than 100 acres of land for the construction of seven community schools in Tapac and Rupa sub counties. The plan by the community to build community schools near mining sites is based on the fact that the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has registered slow progress in the mineral-based linkages due to the relatively small market for mining inputs and mineral products, preliminary findings of a study shows. The study also shows that the absence of license requirements for value chain development in the Mining Act …

Buhweju, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Small scale artisanal miners in Buhweju in Western Uganda are still chasing for permission to go back to their mines six years after they were evicted and a year since they last petitioned the government. In 2013, President Museveni directed that firms involved in gold …

Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | South Africa may still have relatively few confirmed coronavirus cases but the flailing economy’s two major foreign exchange earners —  mining and tourism — are bracing to take a hit. China holds a special place in the economy of Africa’s most industrialised country which slid …