The Uganda Chamber of Mines and Petroleum (UCMP) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Uganda Association of Artisanal and Small-scale Miners Uganda.The overall objective of the MoU signed at the Sheraton Hotel is to build the capacity of artisanal miners in the country and to unlock jobs and related opportunities. Other key issues […]
The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD) has announced that they have granted a 21-year Large-Scale Mining License to Sunbird Resources Limited to extract 8000 tonnes per day of vital limestone at Rupa Sub-county, Moroto District.Sunbird Resources Ltd has partnered with West International Holdings Ltd, a subsidiary of Hong Kong-listed West China Cement Ltd. […]
A proposal by Strand Hanson Limited, a London based company, has been accepted by President Yoweri Museveni. The proposal targets lithium in Ntungamo district, Western Uganda. The mineral will be used to locally manufacture electric car batteries.In a meeting at State House in Entebbe, the President informed the investors that Uganda is currently making electric […]
The mining sector has been growing over the years, numbers shared by the Minister of State for Minerals, Peter T. Lokeris, at a sensitization workshop on Uganda’s mining and minerals legal framework indicate. The minister revealed that between 2003 and 2017, the Foreign Direct Investment in the sector rose from $5m to $800m. The minister […]
