Uganda scraps gold export levy that prompted slump in sales
Uganda is abolishing a 5% export levy on refined gold that led to a slump in shipments overseas. The levy has been scrapped in the...
Mining
Mongolia pays US$153 million to settle mining dispute
The Mongolian government on Wednesday paid the Mongolian Copper Corp. (MMC) US$153.5 million following a long dispute over the ownership of the Erdenet and Monros...
Ghana: 500 Mineral Explorations Ongoing Across Country – Abu Jinapor
About 500 mining exploration projects mainly targeted at gold, lithium, copper and cobalt are currently ongoing in various parts of the country, Minister of Lands...
Nigeria to pay $496 million to settle Indian firm’s claim over Ajaokuta steel
The Nigerian government says it has agreed to pay $496 million to settle a multibillion dollar claim by Global Steel Holdings Limited over the control...
Energy: How the Morocco-Nigeria gas pipeline will change the region
The Director General of the National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mining (ONHYM), Amina Bengatra, provides new details on the Morocco-Nigeria gas pipeline and its impact...
Kenyan firms earn Sh6.9bn from Kwale titanium miner
Kenyan companies earned nearly three-quarters of the payments by Base Titanium to suppliers contracted to the mining operations in Kwale County in the year ended...
Prepare for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
ONE of the major concerns of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is that it could lead to job losses – particularly in the mining sector,...
Lucapa’s Lulo Mine Turns Out 160ct. Rough
Lucapa Diamond Company has recovered a 160-carat, high-quality rough from its Lulo mine in Angola, the sixth-largest stone the deposit has yielded. The company found...
Jubilee Metals’ Roan copper project achieves nameplate capacity
Jubilee Metals Group PLC on Monday said its newly constructed Zambian copper concentrator Project Roan has reached nameplate capacity following the successful commissioning and ramp-up...
10,000 Kenyasi residents to benefit from Community Mining Scheme
About 10,000 residents of Kenyasi No.1 and its surrounding communities in the Asutifi North District in the Ahafo Region are in line to gain employment,...