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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, 2024

Uganda Targets Gold Refiners In New Licensing Rules

Companies dealing in the refining or smelting of minerals in Uganda have up to 60 days to acquire licenses from the ministry of Energy and Mineral Development or face the prospect of doing time in prison, according to a public statement issued today. The new rules come just over 10 years after Ugand…

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Mining Dec 21, 2024

Blaze To Start Drilling Ntungamo Project In January 2025

Blaze Minerals Limited, a junior mining firm in Australia, says it will start drilling the Ntungamo mining project on January 25, 2025, the first time that such an activity will take place at that particular site. Blaze says it has identified several drilling targets over the 60 square kilometer-ten…

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Electricity Dec 19, 2024

We Will Retain All Umeme Staff – UEDCL MD

On October 22, this year, the Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) presented its detailed plans for the country’s electricity supply industry, at a public hearing in Kampala called by the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA). The hearing was arranged to gather the public’s view …

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Electricity Dec 17, 2024

UEDCL Application For Umeme License Will Be Determined Before 2024 Ends – ERA’s Waako

By the end of this month, December 2024, the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) will have determined the applications by the Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) for: a license for the distribution of electricity in Uganda, a license for the sale and supply of electricity in U…

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Oil & Gas Oct 20, 2024

Global Gases’ Cylinder Production Plant To Boost LPG Usage In Uganda

Global Gases Group will establish a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) storage facility and cylinder manufacturing and filling plants in Luzira, Kampala after signing a Supply and Purchase Agreement with the Government of Uganda. The plant will produce 500,000 cylinders annually for consumers in Uganda i…

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Mining Oct 3, 2024

Sipa Winding Up Uganda Operations

Sipa Resources Limited, the Australian company that once raised the hopes of Uganda’s extractives industry when it attracted global mining giant, Rio Tinto, as its partner in the country a few years ago, has announced that it is winding up its activities in Uganda. The company’s announcement brings …

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Electricity Sep 27, 2024

Muzizi Hydropower Project: Will Dott Services Limited Succeed Where Others Have Failed?

Dott Services Limited, known for its long list of road works in Uganda, has today lodged another notice at the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) of its intention to bid for a license to generate and sell electricity from the 48MW Muzizi hydropower project. It is the second such notice from Dott…

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Mining Sep 20, 2024

EMetals Values Mubende Gold Project at $3.4 Million

Nearly two months after it agreed to acquire a gold project in Mubende district, Australian junior mining firm EMetals Limited has today released its first financial assessment of its new potential asset, revealing that there is probably more gold in the area than it had earlier anticipated. EMetals…

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Mining Sep 7, 2024

Blencowe Signs MOU For New Graphite Refining Company

A new private company will be incorporated in Uganda to refine graphite for use in electric batteries, Blencowe Resources, the operator of the Orom Cross graphite project in the northern Uganda district of Kitgum, has announced. The announcement came after Blencowe signed a Memorandum of Understandi…

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