Mining

July 19, 2021

Mweheire Replaces Elly Karuhanga as UCMP Chairman

            Seasoned banker, Patrick Mweheire, is the new chairman of the governing council of the Uganda Chamber of Mines and Petroleum (UCMP), replacing Dr Elly Karuhanga, who had served in the position since the Chamber’s inception in 2010.   Mweheire, who is currently the East Africa regional CE…

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July 18, 2021

Batebe replaces Kasande as Energy Ministry PS

Irene Pauline Batebe Okello is the new permanent secretary at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD) replacing Robert Kasande, who had served in that position for close to four years. Her appointment was announced in a statement released by President Yoweri Museveni’s office on July 1…

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April 22, 2021

Sipa Seeks Investors for Its Uganda Mining Project

DEI – Australian junior mining firm Sipa Resources says that its Uganda mining project at Akelikongo in Kitgum district, northern Uganda, is “currently being marketed to potential JV partners to fund future work.” As part of the pitch to investors, Sipa says that its Nickel-Copper discovery at Akeli…

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May 17, 2020

Sipa seeks new partner after Rio Tinto exit

Sipa Resources intends to fly a couple of investors to its Akelikongo nickel sulphide discovery in the Kitgum-Pader area after Uganda lifts its lockdown as the Australian company looks for new partners after the exit of Rio Tinto. On April 30, Rio Tinto wrote off $4.2 million – pocket change for a c…

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August 25, 2017

Police creates new mineral protection unit

Jesca Keigombe has been appointed the head of the Police Minerals Protection Unit, according to a recent statement signed by Kale Kayihura, the Inspector General of Police. The appointment of Keigombe comes in the wake of growing complaints from some investors about encroachment of local artisanal m…

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August 25, 2017

Railway officials to meet top oil and mining lobby group

The Standard Gauge Railway Uganda project senior team will later this week meet Uganda Chamber of Mines and Petroleum (UCMP) top leadership and board members in a discussion about the new railway and emerging opportunities surrounding the $2.3bn project. The UCMP is a private sector lobby group for …

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October 21, 2016

Deaths at Kilembe force company to improve safety measures

In December, 2015 alone, the Tibet-Hima consortium, that is running the Kilembe copper mines, has lost two workers in avoidable fatal accidents. As would be expected, these deaths have caused unease in the community, in Kasese, Western Uganda with concerns raised about the safety measures, if any, t…

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October 21, 2016

Uganda, RT Global Resources agree on refinery details

The Government of Uganda has completed negotiations on the principal agreements in its Refinery Project with the RT Global Resources – led consortium, according to a highly placed Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development official. “It’s true, the negotiations have been completed and once a few min…

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