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Kwale County’s youth want the government to release mining royalties that Base Titanium owes them. They claim they are owed Sh6 billion, which they claim Base Titanium has remitted to the government after accruing over the last six years. The Kwale Youth Assembly (KYA), speaking in Diani, said the money …

Until late 2020, Narok had no sanitation system. The County had set aside a quarry near Narok town as a disposal area, but this was shut down in 2019 by the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) after the quarry got full and was spilling into the adjacent Enkare Narok River. However, …

Eastern Africa Mining and Energy Conference (EAMEC), which will take place from October 12th to 14th, 2021 at the Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, is Eastern Africa’s largest and only international and local Mining and Energy forum. It is designed to bring together key players in the mining, oil, …

Changing the face of energy consumption and innovation demands big and bold ideas. It asks that organisations, sectors, and service providers invest in solutions that change how energy is consumed, created, and managed. And the mining sector has been meeting these big and bold requests head-on. This sector, facing complex …

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan and Barrick Gold Corporation president and chief executive, Mark Bristow, have met to review progress at Twiga Minerals Corporation, the joint venture established in October 2019 to manage the company’s gold mines in the country and to discuss the partnership’s plans and prospects. Since Barrick …

BME, an Omnia Group firm, is now offering technical blasting services online, allowing the industry to gain access to skilled specialists through virtual consultations and solutions. According to D. Scott Scovira, BME’s Global Manager for Blasting Science, the service is an integral aspect of the company’s recently redesigned website. “Our …

Magare Company Limited, the newly appointed Sales Partner for Hytec Services Africa, has secured an HSA containerised hydraulic hose workshop to expand its reach in the country. The containerised workshop began to be active on January 1, 2021, strengthening Magare’s Mwanza branch’s capabilities to deliver hydraulic equipment and services to …

The recently introduced Cat 992 Wheel Loader delivers up to a 32% increase in productivity. It reduces maintenance costs by up to 10% and has demonstrated in field testing up to 48% greater payload-per-fuel efficiency in applications where a four-pass match to 90.7-tonne (100-ton) trucks was achieved versus five passes …

The Ministry of Minerals is concentrating on improving revenue collection to boost the mining sector’s contribution to GDP. Revenue collection is one of several key priority areas that will get a boost in the fiscal year 2021/22. Minister for Minerals, Dr Dotto Biteko, presented his ministry’s budget estimates, saying the …

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 …