East African Mining News Unearthing Mining Opportunities in East Africa

As advanced technologies continue to transform how work gets done, Caterpillar Inc. is reinforcing its commitment to the workforce behind that transformation. The company is opening registration for the Building the Future Workforce Challenge, a global innovation competition first discussed on stage at CES® 2026 by Caterpillar Chairman and Chief …

The narrative of Kenya’s mining sector is undergoing a fundamental transformation as the government shifts its strategic focus from the mere extraction of raw materials to a robust model of local value addition. Opening the 2026 Mining Investment Conference in Nairobi, President William Ruto articulated a vision for integrated industrial …

In a landmark development for the East African mining sector, LSE-listed Blencowe Resources has announced that graphite concentrate from its Orom-Cross project in Uganda has been successfully integrated into a high-stakes rocket component testing programme in the United States. The initial test firing, conducted on a hypersonic suborbital rocket platform, …