Mining

June 15, 2026

Gold Mining Booms in Eastern Uganda as New Deposits Discovered

Artisanal and small-scale miners in Busia and Namayingo districts are reporting record yields following new geological surveys.

Jane Atim

1 min read

June 11, 2026

Rwanda's Green Mining Initiative Draws International Investment

Kigali's push for responsible artisanal mining is attracting ESG-focused funds from Europe and North America.

Jane Atim

1 min read

April 5, 2026

Kakoka Artisanal Gold Miners To Restart Operations

Gold mining at Okemer in Abim district is set to resume, following a high-level government meeting on March 31, 2026 in Kampala. Convened by the State Minister for Mineral Development, Phiona Nyamutoro, the meeting brought together representatives from the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF), the …

Deep Earth Admin

5 min read

April 3, 2026

Alaba Decries Limited Funding For Uganda’s Proposed Mineral Markets

Uganda’s government will kick off consultative meetings in the gold-rich districts of Busia and Kasanda in May as it seeks to publicise a set of regulations that will govern the operation of mineral markets. While meeting the Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources on April 1, 2026 Agnes Alaba,…

Deep Earth Admin

3 min read

March 24, 2026

Uganda Will Only Consider Research-Backed Mining Sector Reforms

“Why do we discuss the same things over and over again and yet we see no change?” David Sebagala, a senior inspector of mines at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, asked delegates at a mining sector tax dialogue in Kampala recently that sought to examine solutions to prevailing sector c…

Deep Earth Admin

5 min read

March 9, 2026

How ASMs Will Transition To Bankable Enterprises

By Kenneth Asiimwe As the voice of over 500,000 artisanal and small-scale miners (ASMs) across Uganda, I speak from the deep gold shafts of Mubende, Kassanda and Busia, the quarries of Karamoja, salt ponds of Katwe, tin plains of Isingiro and iron ore heaps of Kigezi. For ASMs are the heartbeat of t…

Deep Earth Admin

4 min read

January 25, 2026

Large-Scale Mining Is Slowing Down Faster Than We Can Admit

By Kenneth Asiimwe A quiet but unstoppable shift is underway in global mining. Mega-projects are taking longer to launch, costing more to finance, and facing greater pushback to operate. This is not a temporary slump. It is a structural squeeze, and it is forcing the world to rethink how minerals wi…

Deep Earth Admin

5 min read

January 23, 2026

The Case For Integrating ASMs Into Uganda’s EITI Framework

With donor budget support no longer guaranteed, Uganda continues to make deliberate moves to improve the performance of its extractive sectors to boost domestic revenue mobilization. Today, minerals and oil and gas are positioned as key sectors that must translate into broad-based economic activitie…

Deep Earth Admin

8 min read

January 21, 2026

Why Uganda’s Oil, Mining Sectors Struggle To Achieve EITI Demands

When Uganda joined the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in August 2020, it chose to expose its most politically sensitive and economically consequential sectors to public scrutiny. Today the country has produced four EITI reports, with the latest covering the 2022/23 fiscal year.…

Deep Earth Admin

5 min read

December 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…

Deep Earth Admin

4 min read

November 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…

Deep Earth Admin

7 min read

November 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…

Deep Earth Admin

6 min read