East African Mining News Unearthing Mining Opportunities in East Africa

The Kenyan government has signed agreement with oil major Total, Tullow Oil and Africa Oil Corp to develop a 60.000-80.000 barrel per day crude processing facility for oil discovered in the county’s northwest. The petroleum and mining ministry said on Twitter on Tuesday that the head of term agreements were …

Kenya has blocked the construction of a coal plant along the country’s idyllic coastline. The station was to burn coal imported from South Africa, and would have been the first country in the region to establish such a fossil fuel plant. Environment court Judge Mohammed Balala ‘set aside’ an earlier …

Potential Chinese investors have set their eyes on Ethiopia’s mining sector for major investments.The development comes as Ethiopian authorities escalate efforts to attract foreign firms in the extraction of the country’s abundant mineral resources. Assefa Kumsa, Ethiopia’s State Minister of Mining and Petroleum said his government is inviting experienced foreign …