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Mining in Uganda

Mubende gold artisan miners’ case forwarded to Judge

24th March 2018 | Mining

Mediations Frustrated over non appearance of the defendants, including the Attorney General and three others. The civil suit filed against the state attorney and 4 other parties over brutal...
Mubende Miners, Area leaders, MEMD officials engage in heated debate over gold mining and licensing

5th March 2018 | Mining, News Links

Artisanal miners want to retain their former mining areas that are richly endowed with gold, yet government plans to relocate them to less viable ones. On 22nd February 2018, a...
Attorney General Summoned over brutal and forceful eviction of artisanal miners

15th February 2018 | Mining

The attorney general and 4 other parties have been summoned by Mubende high court over the brutal and forceful eviction of over 20,000 artisanal miners in Mubende district. Ms. Deborah wanume...
Uncertainty weighs on evicted miners six months on

1st February 2018 | Mining

It is six months now since miners were evicted from the gold mines in Kitumbi Sub county in Mubende district. The evictions came following a presidential directive after protracted...
Uganda works to phase out mercury usage

19th December 2017 | Economy, Law, Mining, News Links, Social impacts, Women and Oil

The maiden Conference of Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury took place in Geneva on September 24-29. The Convention is an international legal instrument or Treaty designed to protect human...
Mines Director Katto Orders All Illegal Artisanal Miners Out of Mines

3rd November 2017 | Economy, Governance, Mining, News Links

He describes artisanal miners as “a menace” to the mining sector Edward Ssekika In a new twist that arguably contradicts government rhetoric on Artisanal and Small Scale...
President Museveni meets Mubende miners, pledges on losses

25th October 2017 | Mining

President Yoweri Museveni pledged to rehabilitate miners that lost property during the forceful eviction from the gold mines in Mubende on August 3. The president was meeting leaders of...
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI CONDEMNS RUTHLESS EVICTION OF MUBENDE GOLD MINERS

12th September 2017 | Local Content, Mining, News Links

He denies knowledge of eviction plan by his army! President Yoweri Museveni has condemned the mode of operation that was used to evict the small scale and artisanal gold miners in Kitumbi and...
Mubende miners count losses after ruthless eviction

18th August 2017 | Economy, Governance, Mining, News Links

Kawunde Patrick has been in the gold mining business for three years now. Previously he was a timber dealer and before that he traded in South Sudan until unrest broke out. On the fateful morning...
Mubende gold miners given a two hours ultimatum to vacate the mines

8th August 2017 | Environment, Mining, News Links

Over 50,000 artisanal miners operating in Mubende district were ordered to vacate the gold miners within a period of two hours on Friday 04/08/2017. This operation to evict all the artisanal...
President Museveni orders eviction of Mubende gold miners; sends the miners in panick

27th July 2017 | Land, Mining

About 50,000 artisanal miners and leaders in Mubende district are in fear and panic following President Museveni’s order directing them to vacate areas which Government licensed to...
Chamber of Mines and Petroleum get new leaders

20th July 2017 | Companies, Mining

Chamber of Mines and Petroleum get new leaders Dr Josephine Wapakabulo, CEO, UNOC joins the Chamber as special advisor, Elly Karuhanga retains his seat as chairman The Uganda Chamber of Mines...