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Mining Aug 28, 2022

Four Chinese Firms Shortlisted For Kilembe Copper Mines

Four out of the seven companies that have emerged as the best evaluated bidders for the redevelopment of Kilembe copper mines come from China. These are China Railway No. 10, Gingko Energy, Liaoning Hongda (trading as Wagagai Mining) and Sinomine Power China. Another company that made the shortlist …

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Mining Aug 16, 2022

IonicRE: Uganda to start mining REEs in 2024

DEI – Uganda will start mining rare earth elements (REEs) in 2024, Tim Harrison, the IonicRE Managing Director has said in a wide-ranging interview with www.deepearthint.com. IonicRE (Ionic Rare Earths) from Australia is a 51 per cent shareholder in Rwenzori Rare Metals (RRMs) which is developing th…

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Mining Jun 24, 2022

Kitgum Graphite Production Set For 2023 As Blencowe Share Price Jumps

Blencowe Resources jumped 5 per cent to 3.4p on the London Stock Exchange on June 23, 2022 following the excellent progress the company made at its Orom-Cross graphite project in Kitgum, northern Uganda earlier this month. At the start of June, Blencowe Resources announced that recent area studies o…

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Mining May 20, 2022

Uganda Has Not Stopped IonicRE’s REE Project

Uganda has not halted the operations of Rwenzori Rare Metals Ltd – the partners of Ionic Rare Earths (IonicRE) – as reported on the Parliament of Uganda website recently. The website quoted Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja as saying that the activities of Rwenzori Rare Metals Ltd, which is exploring…

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Mining May 14, 2022

Interest Subdued As Kilembe Copper Mine Bid Submissions Close

The government of Uganda is going through the bids that were submitted for the concession to take over the Kilembe Mines, as the country looks to revamp the production of copper and cobalt. Uganda closed its call for bids on May 10, with sources telling us that 14 companies showed interest in the Ki…

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Mining Mar 24, 2022

Geologists’ Killing Sets Back Karamoja Mining Industry

Uganda’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has confirmed the unfortunate deaths of five people, including a senior geologist, at the hands of armed cattle rustlers in Moroto, Karamoja. According to a ministry statement, Richard Kiggwe, a geologist working with the Directorate of Geological …

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Mining Mar 24, 2022

US Sanctions Worry Uganda Gold Industry

The Uganda mining community is worried that recent sanctions by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Alain Goetz and the African Gold Refinery (AGR) may derail the progress the sector was achieving. In its statement, OFAC claimed Goetz and a network of ass…

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Mining Mar 22, 2022

Four Government Geologists Feared Dead in Karamoja

At least four government geologists are feared dead in Karamoja, North Eastern Uganda; having failed to return from the field where they were carrying out geologic mapping on Monday. Mr Gerald Eneku, the Karamoja regional inspector of minerals told the Daily Monitor that the four geologists under th…

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Mining Mar 11, 2022

Miners Anxiously Await Museveni Decision On Export Of Unprocessed Minerals

Uganda’s mining industry has to wait until Monday, March 14, 2022 before finding out whether the ban on the export of unprocessed minerals will be lifted or not. This is after a cabinet meeting chaired by President Yoweri Museveni on March 7, 2022 decided to postpone the decision to next week, after…

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