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As early as this week, Uganda’s Parliament could consider a cabinet-approved draft mining law allowing the government to buy stakes in private mining companies. According to reports, the draft mining law could impose harsh penalties for violations in the sector, including prison terms of up to seven years, citing a …

While there are various drivers of local empowerment and ownership requirements in sub-Saharan Africa, one key driver appears to be gaining ground: national interest empowerment. An analysis of local empowerment and ownership trends in 14 African countries, including several of the continent’s biggest economies, shows growing emphasis on regulating ownership in economic …

The Investigation and Policy Group, The Sentry, has advised that the US and the EU must work with African governments to harmonize gold export taxes to reduce smuggling and promote conflict-free gold. Uganda, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Central African Republic (CAR) and Cameroon are the countries …

Shanta Gold, a gold producer based in East Africa, has reported its audited final results for the year ended 31 December 2020 for its East African properties. Its properties include the New Luika Gold Mine and the Singida Project in Tanzania, as well as the West Kenya Project in Kenya. …

Advanced field services, transformer chemistry testing, reliability solutions – these are some of the extra services offered by condition monitoring specialists, WearCheck, in addition to traditional used oil analysis following recent expansion. The company’s advanced field services (AFS) division incorporates specialist monitoring techniques such as rope testing, technical compliance and …

The World Bank (WB) estimates, for instance, that production of minerals like graphite, lithium and cobalt could grow by 500 percent in the next three decades to meet demand for clean energy technologies. This comes on the backdrop that mining remains a vital part of a low-carbon future, a fact …

Condition monitoring technology is advancing so fast that ongoing training for staff working in the machinery maintenance arena is essential in order to stay abreast of current trends. So says WearCheck’s technical manager, Steven Lumley, who plays an instrumental role in developing the company’s training schedule as well as ensuring …

Construction at Adyabo joint venture gold project in Ethiopia’s troubled Tigray region is expected to start early this year, this is according to East Africa Metals expects The development was scheduled for November when COVID-19 travel restrictions were supposed to be lifted, but the state of emergency caused by the …

This year, East Africa Metals (EAM) made good headway in developing its Adyabo gold property which includes the Mato Bula gold-copper project and Da Tambuk gold project. The company has revealed is not only focussed on developing its Ethiopian gold projects as fast as possible to take advantage of global …

Condition monitoring specialists, WearCheck, recently invested several million Rand in four brand new laboratory instruments for their flourishing transformer division laboratories in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town. WearCheck managing director Neil Robinson says the company’s investment in the equipment has relieved some of the current sample volume pressure and reduced …