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Mining in Uganda

Museveni orders foreigners to vacate gold mines of Mubende and Kasanda

19th November 2018 | Mining

The President of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has ordered foreigners who had flocked the gold mines in Mubende and Kasanda districts to vacate these areas on grounds that foreign countries were...
Mineral Wealth Conference 2018

10th October 2018 | Enviromental and Waste Managements Services, Mining

Happening every October, in Kampala, the Mineral Wealth Conference (MWC) has become East Africa’s principal annual mining event. It plays a critical role in creating opportunities for Uganda’s...
Africa Inaugural Global ASM Conference on Development Minerals confirms these minerals as the engine of Africa’s industrialization and modernization

10th October 2018 | Mining

On September 11‐13 Zambia hosted the inaugural International Conference on Artisanal and Small‐scale Mining & Quarrying (ASM18) on development minerals. Over 450 delegates in...
Artisanal and Small Scale Miners make headway as they engage Government

25th September 2018 | Mining, News Links

It is a year now since that unforgettable day, when artisanal miners, deep in the hills of Kitumbi sub-county, Mubende district, were evicted by a combine force of soldiers and police from the gold...
Minors; A big challenge to the mining industry in Busia

5th September 2018 | Mining

At a gold processing site in the new Tiira Town Council, Sikuda Sub County, a group of youth and minors are huddled over water filled pans trying to extract gold particles. We ask one of them,...
Ministry Moves to Register All Miners

27th July 2018 | Law, Local Content, Mining

The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development will biometrically register Uganda’s artisanal and small-scale miners (ASM). This will be in line with a new mineral policy, it says,...
Social Injustices Continue To Dog Women in Mining

27th June 2018 | Mining, News Links

Women in the mining sub sector world over and especially in Africa continue to face crosscutting challenges that have continually kept them playing the catch up game in equitable access...
President Museveni orders AUC Mining Company to relinquish 30% of Mubende Gold mines to ASMs

5th June 2018 | Mining

Artisanal miners reject offer, query lack of gold in the proposed area Artisanal miners who were evicted from the gold mines in Mubende district in August 2017 have rejected newly proposed...
Mineral-rich Karamoja gets regional office

30th May 2018 | Mining

In a landmark development, the directorate of geological survey and mining has commissioned a regional office for Karamoja sub region based in Moroto. The office, will among other things, carry...
Relief for ASMs as Cabinet Approves the New Mining Policy

24th May 2018 | Mining

After five years of rigorous review process, cabinet has finally approved the new Mining and Minerals Policy 2018. The policy is meant to guide developments in Uganda’s minerals and mining...
Mubende evicted gold miners cry foul over President’s new directive

14th May 2018 | Mining

In a new twist, President Museveni has directed that 30% of AUC Mining Ltd exploration area be granted to Federation of Artisanal and Small Scale Miners and not evicted artisanal...
Government losses Shs 61bn in fraudulent gold exports – Auditor General

30th April 2018 | Mining

Government lost up to Shs 61bn in fraudulent exports of gold, a new report by the Office of the Auditor General has revealed in a 2016/17 audit report. In the report, the Auditor General...