Uganda

Due to the large size and weight, this 9.5MW 11KV WEG electric motor has to be disassembled for shipment and reassembled on the offshore FPSO off the coast of Ghana. Africa is “hungry for electricity”, and electrical specialist Zest WEG is seeing growing demand from the oil and gas sector, …

Ionic Rare Earths have revealed that their partnership with Ford Technologies, Less Common Metals (LCM) and the British Geological Survey will harness technology to accelerate the mining, refining and recycling of magnet and heavy rare earths critical for energy transition, advanced manufacturing, and defence. ASX-listed Ionic Rare Earths has inked …

Ugandan has started to set up a national mining company that will aim to take equity stakes of up to 15 percent of all medium and large scale mining operations in the country, according to the Minister for Energy and Minerals. The establishment of a state-owned mining firm and commercial …

Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD) Uganda has granted ASX-listed Ionic Rare Earths approval for its demonstration plant at the Makuutu rare earths project. The demonstration plant is expected to validate and optimise results from the Stage 1 definitive feasibility study (DFS), which was released last month, and will …

Throughout 2022, 40% of industrial control system (ICS) computers globally were attacked with malware. In Africa, the figure sits at 47%, according to Kaspersky. The three countries which experienced the most attacks on ICS infrastructure were Ethiopia (62%), Algeria (59%), and Burundi (57%). They are followed by Rwanda (46%), Kenya …

In an open pit, a group of artisanal miners stand shirtless, cracking rocks that gleam white in the sun. Soldiers guard the gate of the Sunbelt Marble Mine and Factory, which is owned by Chinese businessmen who have invested $13 million in the project. Small-scale freelance miners toiling with basic …

Dafo Vehicle Fire Protection has started a partnership with Twakei Vehicle Fire Protection based in Nairobi, Kenya. Twakei is a specialist engineering company providing fire suppression services in Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Uganda, Sudan, Eritrea, Southern Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi, and Somalia. “We are very excited to join Dafo Vehicle’s family because …

Despite improvements in Uganda’s natural resource administration, the country’s nascent oil and gas sector, as well as mining, are still classed as weak, with expanding gaps between rules and practice, which might stymie the country’s effort for openness, according to a new index. Uganda got 49 points in the petroleum …

Mr Robert Wafula pours ore onto a sluice deep in the rural village of Tiira in Busia District. “When this ore is mixed with water and poured on this sluice, the gold sediment sticks to the blanket,” Mr Wafula explains as other miners look on. Following that, he collects the …

The government has promised to pay people of various villages in the Kapchorwa and Bulambuli districts who have been impacted by mining activity. The location is where the Kampala Cement Company mines pozzolana, a vital ingredient in cement production. Kaboryot and Kapchela in Kawowo Sub-county, Kapchorwa District, and Buwekanda Village …