East African Mining News Unearthing Mining Opportunities in East Africa

A one-year study of two Tanzanian gold mining towns indicated that mineworkers faced a fatality risk more than twice that of non-miner community members, with the majority of this elevated risk due to road traffic injuries. The findings will be published in the new open-access journal PLOS Global Public Health …

Mining corporations are considering investing in nations that they previously deemed too hazardous, such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia, owing to a shrinking pipeline of large copper mines elsewhere and record-high prices. Because of investor concerns about unpredictable regulatory regimes, difficult working conditions, and corruption, some …

Norway-based gold exploration company, Akobo Minerals will soon be working with a total of three core drilling rigs in the field, including one company owned drill rig. The company is currently doing exploration and small-scale mine development in the Gambela region and Dima Woreda, southwest Ethiopia. The additional drill rig …