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Uganda's Oil Production Timeline: What to Expect in 2026 and Beyond

With the long-awaited Final Investment Decision behind us, Uganda's oil sector is entering a critical phase of infrastructure development.

Jane Atim · Jun 18, 2026 · 1 min read

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Mining Dec 23, 2025

Uganda ASMs Eye Better Fortunes With UNMC Partnership

Uganda’s artisanal and small scale miners (ASMs) will soon start having easier access to funding and markets, in addition to enjoying safer working conditions once their partnership with the Uganda National Mining Company (UNMC) takes effect. These were the sentiments of Irene Bateebe, the Permanent…

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Mining Nov 30, 2025

African Geologists Pledge Transformative Support To Uganda ASMs

Uganda’s artisanal and small scale gold mining (ASM) sector can have a more pronounced impact on the country’s economy with more strategic partnerships and use of efficient technologies. These were the sentiments of Prof. Gbenga Okunlola, President of the Geological Society of Africa, and Mosa Mabuz…

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Mining Nov 27, 2025

Devki Seeks Ban On Steel Imports, As $500m Tororo Plant Is Launched

As presidents Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and William Ruto of Kenya presided over the groundbreaking of the Devki Group’s multi-million-dollar iron and steel plant in Tororo, Eastern Uganda, the company chairman, Dr. Narendra Raval Guru was quick to remind the former of his promise to protect local ma…

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Mining Nov 27, 2025

Prosecute Buyers As Well, To Curb Uganda’s Illicit Gold Trade

By Kenneth Asiimwe This story has become a tragic and predictable refrain in Uganda’s and the Great Lakes region’s mineral sector. An international buyer, lured by the promise of below-market-rate gold and swift, off-the-books deals, arrives in Kampala with a suitcase full of cash. They bypass licen…

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Mining Nov 10, 2025

Uganda Gold Miners: MUMA Mining License Is a Turning Point

John Bosco Bukya, the chairman of the Mubende United Miners Assembly (MUMA), says the acquisition of a small-scale mining license marks the start of great things for Uganda’s miners – not only in Kassanda District, where the license is operational, but countrywide. Bukya, who also doubles as the cha…

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Mining Sep 26, 2025

INTERVIEW: Final Investment Decision Nears For IonicRE’s Makuutu REEs Project In Uganda

The Makuutu rare earths elements (REEs) project in the eastern Uganda region of Busoga is one of the few proven Ionic Absorption Clay (IAC) deposits globally. The project has the capacity to supply heavy Rare Earth Oxide (REO) for more than 50 years, according to the developers. Progress has however…

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Mining Sep 10, 2025

African Union Calls On Uganda To Adopt Model Mining Agreement

In 2009, African heads of state adopted the Africa Mining Vision (AMV) which seeks to see mining on the continent creating local industries through value addition, jobs and infrastructure as opposed to the exportation of mineral ores, as has been the case, historically. While Uganda’s President Yowe…

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Mining Aug 24, 2025

Why Museveni Believes Wagagai Gold Is A Defining Project

“Finally!” President Yoweri Museveni must have thought to himself as he toured the Wagagai Mining Company site and production plant last Saturday, August 16, 2025 during its commissioning. As the biggest proponent of adding value to Uganda’s minerals; even going ahead to institute a ban on the expor…

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Mining Jul 30, 2025

Agumya Lobbies For Uganda’s Tungsten Exports

Allan Agumya, the chairperson of the Miners’ Forum, Uganda, has called for the lifting of Uganda’s export ban on raw materials to allow the inflow of investment capital in the exploration of tungsten. Uganda has prospective mines such as the Kirwa in Kisoro district, in the south western part of the…

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