East Africa
Comprehensive, insightful and in-depth articles and news on mining & industrial markets, and developments from around East Africa.
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Tanzania’s gold exports up by 35.9 percent in November
Gold exports increased by 35.9 percent in the year ending November, 2020 on account of increased export volume and price…
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Mining companies on the spot over working conditions
Rwanda Miners Union has called on companies involved in the mining business to seek sustainable solutions to major problems that…
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Uganda to start building oil export pipeline in first half 2021
Uganda expects construction of a $3.5 billion crude export pipeline to start in the first half of next year, Energy…
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Petra Diamonds investigates charges Tanzanian subsistence miners abused
Petra Diamonds said it was investigating allegations by a British non-governmental organisation that subsistence miners who trespassed on the firm’s…
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Rwanda to provide incentives to mining exploration companies
Rwanda says it has put in place an incentive package that seeks to attract investors to invest in mining exploration…
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Tanzania finalizing permit for its first rare-earth metals mine
Tanzania is in the final stages of approving a permit for the country’s first rare earths mine to Australian company…
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Is South Sudan on the edge?
The International Energy Agency warned last week in its 2020 World Energy Outlook that oil demand growth will slow to…
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Barrick deal, smuggling crackdown revive Tanzania gold industry
Tanzania’s gold-mining industry is showing signs of a renaissance following a crackdown on smuggling and the settlement of a long-running…
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