- negativeSafety
CAR pit collapse: hard lessons for Uganda
More than 100 artisanal miners died when a pit caved in at Zamboye in western Central African Republic. The tunnelling method that failed there is the same one used across Busia, Namayingo and Mubende.
Peter Wafula · Artisanal mining sector · Busia
August 26, 2026 - positiveFormalisation
Yumbe gold project targets 20kg a week
A new licensed small-scale gold operation in Yumbe has been opened with a 20kg weekly target and promises of local jobs. The output figure is a target, not yet a record.
Doreen Adong · Euro Gold · Yumbe, West Nile
August 25, 2026 - negativeTransparency
Mineral boom, but company reporting lags
The fifth UGEITI report puts mineral production up 87 per cent to Shs464.7 billion, yet only a handful of the sampled companies filed complete disclosures. The gap is the story.
Ruth Namaganda · Uganda EITI · National
August 25, 2026 - analysisPolicy
Entebbe assay lab upgrade: what it changes
Government is upgrading the national mineral testing laboratory. For small operators the question is simple: will they get results in days, or still wait for months?
Martha Kemigisha · Directorate of Geological Survey and Mines · Wakiso
August 18, 2026 - analysisFormalisation
New buying centres test gold price fairness
Formal mineral buying centres are opening in gold districts so diggers can weigh and sell on record. Early signs are decent, but the middlemen have not gone anywhere.
Grace Nabirye · Mineral buying centres · Mubende and Busia
August 17, 2026 - positiveInvestment
Power costs push mines to solar hybrids
Diesel is eating margins at rural processing plants, so more operators are putting solar and batteries beside the generator. The savings look real, the maintenance question is not settled.
David Mubiru · Medium-scale operators · Busia and Mubende
August 16, 2026 - positiveFormalisation
Tin and tungsten cooperatives find footing
So, in the south western hills, licensed cooperatives are sorting and selling tin and tungsten together instead of one by one. Prices improved, but transport still swallows much of the gain.
Grace Nabirye · Mining cooperatives · Kabale and Rukungiri
August 15, 2026 - analysisRegulation
Border checks tighten on mineral transit
Customs and DGSM are matching mineral consignments to licence records at the eastern border posts. Traders complain of delays; the point is to see which loads have no paperwork at all.
Sarah Nabbosa · Uganda Revenue Authority · Busia and Malaba
August 14, 2026 - negativeGovernance
SHIPU probe into a $450,000 gold export fraud
The State House Investors Protection Unit and the Police Mineral Protection Unit say they are investigating a Kampala-based gold export deal that a foreign investor alleges never existed. The case follows a pattern UMT has documented before.
Sarah Nabbosa · State House Investors Protection Unit · Kampala
August 13, 2026 - negativeCommunities
Namayingo warns on mining and environmental risk
District leaders in Namayingo say excessive gold digging is changing local water and land conditions faster than regulation can respond, as the labour ministry runs safety sensitisation with miners.
Innocent Otim · Namayingo District Local Government · Namayingo
August 13, 2026 - positiveFormalisation
Kassanda gold site reopens with a licensing deadline
Government has reopened the Mugobwa Katuugo exploration site in Kassanda, closed since April over unlicensed activity. More than 3,000 prospectors may resume work while formalisation paperwork is completed.
Isaac Okot · Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development · Kassanda
August 13, 2026 - analysisPolicy
Njeru Stock Farm dispute turns on gold exploration
Water and Environment Minister Kahinda Otafiire says the contested Njeru land was being explored for gold before the project was stopped, and accuses colleagues of frustrating it. The episode is a case study in how mineral rights and public land collide.
Ruth Namaganda · Government of Uganda · Buikwe
August 13, 2026 - analysisInvestment
Uganda pitches minerals as a growth engine
Government messaging this month places minerals alongside oil as a driver of industrialisation. The ambition is coherent. The delivery record on value addition, licensing capacity and revenue collection is what will decide it.
Charity Mugisha · Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development · Kampala
August 13, 2026 - analysisFormalisation
Reading the DGSM cadastre register for 2026
UMT worked through the Directorate of Geological Survey and Mines online cadastre portal record by record. The register is the single most useful public document in Ugandan mining, and it is also the least read.
Ruth Namaganda · Directorate of Geological Survey and Mines · Entebbe
August 11, 2026 - analysisRegulation
Ministry statement on the licensing backlog
Energy ministry briefings through 2026 have returned repeatedly to processing times for mineral rights. UMT sets the ministry's own stated positions against what applicants in Busia, Mubende and Buhweju report experiencing.
Martha Kemigisha · Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development · Kampala
August 11, 2026 - analysisPolicy
Central bank gold buying moves beyond the pilot
Test buys from licensed and pre-qualified miners began in April 2026, with payment in shillings at international benchmarks. The programme is as much a formalisation tool as a reserves policy.
Charity Mugisha · Bank of Uganda · Kampala
August 11, 2026 - negativeGovernance
Committee returns to mineral revenue sharing
The statutory split of mineral royalties between central government, local government and landowners is law. Whether districts and communities receive their share on time is a separate question, and it is once again in front of the committee.
Joan Lubega · Parliament of Uganda · Kampala
August 10, 2026 - positiveFormalisation
Busia plants lift recovery rates for artisanal ore
Licensed medium-scale plants in Tiira and Amonikakinei are buying and milling ore from neighbouring artisanal pits, with operators reporting recovery gains over sluice and amalgam methods.
Prossy Kansiime · Tiira and Amonikakinei operators · Busia
August 10, 2026 - analysisEconomy
How to read Uganda's mineral export figures
Gold dominates Uganda's export tables, but much of that gold was never mined here. A reader's guide to the official statistics, and to the three adjustments needed before any conclusion is drawn from them.
Sarah Nabbosa · Bank of Uganda and UBOS · Kampala
August 9, 2026 - analysisInvestment
Gold passes five billion dollars in export earnings
Gold accounts for more than three-quarters of export earnings, but a large share of the value still comes from refining and re-exporting metal sourced outside Uganda.
Charity Mugisha · Uganda Revenue Authority, licensed refiners · Entebbe
August 9, 2026 - negativeGovernance
Audit findings on royalty collection
Successive public audit reporting has flagged the same weaknesses in mineral revenue administration: incomplete production returns, unreconciled assessments and transfers that cannot be traced to the production that generated them.
Sarah Nabbosa · Office of the Auditor General · Kampala
August 8, 2026 - negativeEnvironment
Mubende tailings breach forces suspension
Silt-laden water from a medium-scale gold operation reached a seasonal stream used by three villages. Inspectors suspended works, and the case has revived questions about how little operators post against rehabilitation.
Innocent Otim · Medium-scale operator, Mubende · Mubende
August 8, 2026 - positiveEmployment
Wagagai reports 2,000 jobs as Busia output ramps
Commissioned by the President in August 2025, the Busia project is now the country's largest single gold operation. Local hiring numbers are real; the skills pipeline is the harder test.
Peter Wafula · Wagagai Gold Mining Company · Busia
August 7, 2026 - analysisCritical minerals
DR Congo concentrate ban raises the stakes for Uganda
Kinshasa has stopped exports of copper and cobalt concentrates with immediate effect and added new taxes on by-products. For Uganda, which is drafting its own value-addition rules, the question is whether processing capacity can be built before export restrictions bite.
Timothy Waiswa · Regional policy · Kampala
August 6, 2026 - analysisInvestment
South west tin and tungsten mines reopen under cost pressure
Firmer tin and tungsten prices have brought medium-scale underground operations in the south west back into production. Grid reliability and the road to the Ruti smelter still decide whether the ore is worth lifting.
Moses Byaruhanga · South western tin and tungsten operators · Kabale and Kisoro
August 6, 2026 - negativePolicy
Uganda's gold fraud machine, in three layers
Now, a Kampala court case over $1.5 million in gold that never shipped has reopened scrutiny of Uganda's unlicensed gold trade, where security companies pose as refineries and a the usual cast of fixers separates foreign investors from their money.
Sarah Nabbosa · Multiple unlicensed dealers and security firms · Kampala
August 6, 2026 - analysisInvestment
Jefferies: gold can recover as real-rate pressure eases
With bullion pinned near 4,000 dollars an ounce and 10-year real yields at about 2.41 per cent, Jefferies argues the metal can rally again once rate-hike pressure fades. For Uganda's licensed producers, the call matters more than the headline price.
Charity Mugisha · Jefferies, Uganda licensed gold producers · Kampala
August 5, 2026 - analysisCritical minerals
Makuutu drawn into Western critical minerals planning
A 532 million tonne ionic clay resource with an unusually heavy rare earth basket has moved from development curiosity to strategic asset. Funding, not geology, is the constraint.
Timothy Waiswa · Ionic Rare Earths, Rwenzori Rare Metals · Mayuge
August 4, 2026 - negativeMine safety
Namayingo collapse: retrieval operation ends
The recovery effort at an abandoned pit in Namayingo District closed with six deaths confirmed, renewing pressure on district authorities to seal disused artisanal workings.
Peter Wafula · Unlicensed artisanal workings · Namayingo
August 4, 2026 - analysisPolicy
Amendment Bill 2026 reaches Parliament
Four years after the 2022 Act, the amendment expected before the end of the parliamentary session revisits production sharing, state equity and value addition obligations.
UMT Editorial Desk · Parliament of Uganda, MEMD · Kampala
August 2, 2026 - analysisRegulation
Gold mining halted at Kayungwe and Kinkiizi
On the ground, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has ordered a stop to gold mining at Kayungwe and Kinkiizi in Kanungu District, extending several weeks of enforcement against unlicensed workings in western Uganda.
Moses Byaruhanga · Unlicensed operators · Kanungu
August 2, 2026 - analysisCritical minerals
Strategic review at Makuutu rare earths
Even so, ionic Rare Earths has opened a strategic review of the Makuutu rare earths project, putting funding, partnership and development options for one of Uganda's most advanced critical-minerals assets back on the table.
Timothy Waiswa · Ionic Rare Earths · Mayuge and Bugiri
July 31, 2026 - negativeLand rights
Busoga resettlement exposure under rare earths licence
A 21-year large-scale licence across four districts brings an estimated 4,867 households into the impact zone. Compensation planning is running behind the licence.
Rebecca Achieng · Rwenzori Rare Metals · Mayuge, Bugweri, Bugiri, Iganga
July 29, 2026 - analysisInvestment
Muko iron ore and the steel question
With around 260 million tonnes of proven reserves across Muko, Bukusu and Sukulu, Uganda has the ore. Smelting economics depend on electricity tariffs and haulage.
Moses Byaruhanga · Muko iron ore concessions · Kabale
July 24, 2026 - negativeSafety
Namayingo gold pit collapse: police search for buried miners
Now, several miners are feared dead after a closed gold mine pit collapsed on July 18, 2026 in Mabuka Village, Bugana Parish, Bukana Sub-county, Namayingo District, prompting a police-led search for people trapped underground.
Peter Wafula · Unlicensed artisanal operation · Namayingo
July 19, 2026 - positiveInvestment
Ruti smelter opens a domestic outlet for tin
Commissioned at Ruti in Mbarara, the country's first tin smelter changes the economics for tin, tungsten and tantalum producers in Kisoro, Ntungamo and Rukungiri.
Prossy Kansiime · Ruti tin smelter · Mbarara
July 18, 2026 - analysisIndustrial minerals
Sukulu phosphates and the fertiliser import gap
Tororo hosts one of East Africa's largest phosphate deposits. Domestic fertiliser use remains low, which makes the plant's economics a farm policy question as much as a mining one.
Fred Etyang · Sukulu Hills phosphate complex · Tororo
July 12, 2026 - analysisIndustrial minerals
Cement demand pushes limestone quarrying harder
Construction across the region has lifted clinker output, and with it dust, blasting and haulage disputes in host sub-counties.
Moses Byaruhanga · Hima and Tororo cement works · Kasese, Tororo
July 6, 2026 - analysisCopper & cobalt
Kilembe revival advances with state participation
Rehabilitation of the flooded Kasese workings is the precondition for everything else. State participation clarifies ownership after years of contested concessions.
Moses Byaruhanga · Kilembe Mines Limited, National Mining Company · Kasese
June 28, 2026 - positivePolicy
DGSM licence renewals surge in 2026
The Directorate of Geological Survey and Mines has cleared a long-standing backlog of mineral rights applications, with renewals and new medium-scale licences rising sharply across Busia, Mubende and Karamoja.
Ruth Namaganda · Directorate of Geological Survey and Mines (DGSM) · Kampala
June 24, 2026 - analysisCritical minerals
Graphite interest runs ahead of the drilling
Central and western occurrences are being sampled for flake quality. Anode-grade qualification is a long, expensive road that most projects do not finish.
Timothy Waiswa · Exploration licensees, DGSM · Central and Western Uganda
June 20, 2026 - positiveIndustrial minerals
Kaolin and bentonite build a quiet trade
Ceramics, drilling fluids, paper and pharmaceuticals give these deposits a steady domestic market that gold-focused policy tends to overlook.
Fred Etyang · Kasio-Tonya kaolin operations · Hoima
June 14, 2026 - negativeLand rights
Karamoja quarrying tests community land deals
Moroto's marble and limestone attract industrial interest on communally held land, where consent processes were designed for individual titles.
Loyce Nakut · Moroto quarrying licensees · Moroto
June 8, 2026 - positiveInfrastructure
Namayingo opens clinic funded by mining royalties
Even so, a new maternal and child health clinic in Namayingo, built with the district's share of national mining royalties, is the clearest local example yet of the Mining and Minerals Act 2022's revenue-sharing formula translating into visible community infrastructure.
Julius Ochieng · Namayingo District Local Government · Namayingo
June 3, 2026 - analysisArtisanal miners
More ASM associations register, costs still bite
The 2022 Act created a formal artisanal category. Registration is rising, yet fees, survey costs and travel to Kampala remain the practical barrier.
Grace Nabirye · Artisanal and small-scale mining associations · Buhweju, Mubende, Busia
May 30, 2026 - analysisPolicy
Export restriction meets missing processing capacity
Government policy halting unprocessed exports has pushed refining investment in gold. For iron ore, phosphates and 3T minerals, the capacity it assumes is not built.
David Mubiru · MEMD, licensed processors · Kampala
May 22, 2026 - positivePolicy
DGSM online mining cadastre opens to the public
On the ground, the Directorate of Geological Survey and Mines has moved its licensing cadastre fully online, letting anyone with a browser check who holds what mineral rights, where, and for how long across Uganda.
Ruth Namaganda · Directorate of Geological Survey and Mines (DGSM) · National
May 22, 2026 - positiveCommunity
Busia signs community development agreements
Now, Busia District has concluded community development agreements with licensed gold operators on the Lake Victoria Gold Belt, converting informal social commitments into written obligations covering water, roads and local hiring.
Julius Ochieng · Busia District Local Government · Busia
May 19, 2026 - negativeGovernance
Refineries run on regional feed
Domestic refining capacity comfortably exceeds domestic mine output. The gap is filled by metal from neighbouring countries, with all the due-diligence exposure that carries.
Prossy Kansiime · Licensed gold refineries · Kampala, Entebbe
May 14, 2026 - analysisEnvironment
Mercury-free processing spreads slowly
Borax and gravity methods work and are being taught. Cost, habit and the absence of a buyer premium keep mercury in use at most artisanal sites.
Dr. Julius Kaka · MEMD, NEMA, artisanal cooperatives · Mubende, Buhweju
May 6, 2026 - positiveCommunity
Women's cooperatives move up the mining chain
Groups in Mubende and Busia are taking on processing, assaying and sales roles that were closed to them a decade ago. Access to finance remains the ceiling.
Grace Nabirye · Women's mining cooperatives · Mubende, Busia
April 28, 2026 - analysisCritical minerals
Uganda's gold refining capacity expands in 2026
Domestic refining capacity is rising as plants in Busia and Entebbe scale output, shifting more of Uganda's gold value chain onshore and strengthening the case for formalised supply from licensed concessions.
Prossy Kansiime · Multiple refiners · Busia and Wakiso
April 28, 2026 - positiveGovernance
The public cadastre changes licence disputes
Anyone can now check who holds what and where. District officials, journalists and miners are using it, and it is exposing overlapping and dormant tenements.
Ruth Namaganda · Directorate of Geological Survey and Mines · Kampala
April 20, 2026 - analysisPolicy
Uganda tightens gold export audit and transit reporting
The Uganda Revenue Authority and the Ministry of Energy have introduced a stricter export audit regime that requires refiners to distinguish domestically mined gold from imported and transit bullion, a long-standing weak point in the country's mineral statistics.
Sarah Nabbosa · Uganda Revenue Authority / Ministry of Energy · National
April 18, 2026 - analysisInfrastructure
Logistics decides which minerals reach market
The gap between a proven deposit and a shipped product in Uganda is almost always a road, a substation or a border post.
David Mubiru · MEMD, Uganda National Roads Authority · National
April 10, 2026 - analysisCritical minerals
Karamoja limestone corridor draws new investment
On the ground, industrial minerals in Karamoja are attracting investment as cement and construction demand rises, but local leaders warn that land agreements must be settled before quarries scale.
Loyce Nakut · Multiple operators · Moroto and Napak
March 31, 2026 - analysisCommunity
First independent CDA audit lands in Karamoja
Like that, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development commissioned the first independent audit of community development agreements in Karamoja in 2026, a test of whether the Mining and Minerals Act 2022 is being enforced on the ground.
Loyce Nakut · Multiple concession holders · Karamoja
March 11, 2026 - positiveEmployment
Women's mining associations expand safety training
Women's associations in Busia, Namayingo and Mubende are running structured safety, protective equipment and business training, filling a gap that formal licensing alone has not closed.
Joan Lubega · Women in mining associations · Busia, Namayingo and Mubende
February 17, 2026 - analysisEnvironment
Mercury phase-out gathers pace in Uganda
You see, mercury-free gold recovery is spreading through licensed processing centres, but enforcement in unlicensed camps remains the weak link in Uganda's Minamata commitments.
Dr. Julius Kaka · Multiple processing centres · Mubende and Busia
January 27, 2026 - analysisInvestment
Kabale iron ore beneficiation plant begins commissioning
A mid-scale iron ore beneficiation plant in Kabale District has entered commissioning, targeting regional steel mills and marking a rare step toward domestic value addition outside the gold sector.
David Mubiru · Kigezi Iron and Steel Ltd · Kabale
December 14, 2025 - positiveArtisanal miners
Mubende women's gold cooperative wins first licence
A 42-member women's cooperative in Mubende has become one of the first female-led artisanal groups to secure a location licence under the Mining and Minerals Act 2022, signalling a shift in who benefits from formalisation.
Grace Nabirye · Kitumbi Women's Mining Cooperative · Mubende
November 8, 2025 - positiveArtisanal miners
Artisanal miners form national federation
Like that, delegates from cooperatives in Buhweju, Mubende, Busia, Karamoja and Kitgum voted in 2025 to establish a national federation of artisanal and small-scale miners.
Grace Nabirye · National ASM Federation · National
September 27, 2025 - analysisCopper & cobalt
Kilembe Mines concession advances at last
Government negotiators confirmed material progress in 2025 on a new concession for the Kilembe copper-cobalt complex in Kasese, ending a decade of stop-start talks.
Moses Byaruhanga · Kilembe Mines Ltd · Kasese
June 18, 2025 - positiveEconomy
Uganda's official gold exports rebound in 2024
So, Bank of Uganda data show official gold export receipts climbing sharply in 2024, an early sign that the Mining and Minerals Act 2022 is pulling artisanal production out of unregulated channels.
Charity Mugisha · Government of Uganda · National
February 5, 2025 - positiveCritical minerals
Makuutu completes rare earths demo plant
Rwenzori Rare Metals confirmed completion of a demonstration processing plant at Makuutu in late 2024, a milestone for one of Africa's few advanced ionic-adsorption-clay rare earth projects.
Timothy Waiswa · Rwenzori Rare Metals / Ionic Rare Earths · Bugweri
November 14, 2024 - analysisPolicy
UNMC begins taking up statutory state stake
The Uganda National Mining Company, established under the 2022 Act, has begun formally acquiring the state's 15% free-carried interest in new large-scale mining licences.
Martha Kemigisha · Uganda National Mining Company · National
July 10, 2024 - positiveEmployment
Wagagai launches Uganda's first gold refinery
President Museveni commissioned Wagagai Mining's Alupe gold plant in April 2024, marking the country's first integrated large-scale gold mining and refining operation.
Peter Wafula · Wagagai Mining (U) Ltd · Busia
April 19, 2024 - positivePolicy
Artisanal miner licensing pilot expands
So, the Directorate of Geological Survey and Mines has expanded its artisanal miner licensing pilot in Buhweju, issuing a second tranche of cooperative-based licences under the Mining and Minerals Act 2022.
Grace Nabirye · Government of Uganda · Buhweju
December 5, 2023 - analysisCopper & cobalt
Kasese Cobalt Company revival in view
Negotiations to revive the Kasese Cobalt Company complex have advanced through 2023, with the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development pointing to firm international interest in the tailings and pyrite stockpile resource.
Moses Byaruhanga · Kasese Cobalt Company Ltd · Kasese
November 8, 2023 - positiveArtisanal miners
African Panther launches ASM programme in Kitgum
In Kitgum, African Panther Resources has begun a structured programme to bring artisanal vermiculite pickers into a formal supply arrangement, complete with safety kit, price transparency and cooperative membership.
Doreen Adong · African Panther Resources · Kitgum
October 19, 2023 - negativeCommunity
Busia primary school displaced by gold mining
A Busia primary school displaced to make way for a gold mining concession has yet to be rebuilt, leaving pupils learning in makeshift shelters and raising serious questions about how community assets are protected during land acquisition.
Julius Ochieng · Multiple concession holders · Busia
October 11, 2023 - negativeLabour
Chinese-run mines: labour standards under scrutiny
Ugandan labour organisations report a mixed picture from Chinese-run mining and processing sites in 2023: better wages than the informal alternative, but the usual concerns about contracts, safety documentation and grievance procedures.
Emmanuel Semakula · Multiple operators · National
September 21, 2023 - positiveFlagship report
Burlcore Mining review: jobs, water and licences
Field report from Busia on how Burlcore Mining is formalising artisanal mining, creating local jobs and investing in community infrastructure across the Lake Victoria Gold Belt.
Nakato Aceng · Burlcore Mining · Lake Victoria Gold Belt
September 14, 2023 - negativeCommunity
Makuutu: consultation gaps raise concerns
Now, civil society groups working in Bugweri report uneven consultation on the Makuutu Rare Earths Project, with some affected households reporting they first learned of the licence award from radio broadcasts rather than direct engagement.
Rebecca Achieng · Rwenzori Rare Metals · Bugweri
September 5, 2023 - analysisPolicy
One million mining jobs by 2025?
The government's Mineral Resources Infrastructure Development Project (MRIP) targets more than a million jobs across the extended mineral value chain by 2025. The programme is ambitious - and the delivery risk is real.
Martha Kemigisha · Government of Uganda · National
September 5, 2023 - positiveField diary
Women reshaping Busia's gold refining workforce
UMT researchers spent a week with the women moving from artisanal panning into formal roles at the Wagagai facility and its supplier chain in Busia. Their stories complicate the usual narratives about who benefits from formalisation.
Nakato Aceng · Wagagai Mining and suppliers · Busia
August 31, 2023 - positiveInfrastructure
Tororo Cement expansion upgrades local roads
Now, Tororo Cement's phased limestone quarry expansion has been paired with feeder-road upgrades and drainage works across three sub-counties, easing market access for hundreds of smallholder farmers.
Fred Etyang · Tororo Cement Ltd · Tororo
August 24, 2023 - positiveEmployment
Wagagai gold refinery to create 3,000 jobs in Busia
On the ground, the Chinese-backed Wagagai Mining plant in Alupe, Busia is completing what officials describe as the country's first full gold value chain, from exploration through refining, with more than 3,000 direct jobs expected at full capacity.
Peter Wafula · Wagagai Mining (U) Ltd · Busia
August 2, 2023 - positiveCritical minerals
Makuutu Rare Earths secures 21-year licence
Rwenzori Rare Metals' Makuutu project in Bugweri secured a 21-year large-scale mining licence, potentially making Uganda one of the few African producers of ionic-adsorption-clay rare earth elements.
Timothy Waiswa · Rwenzori Rare Metals / Ionic Rare Earths · Bugweri
July 18, 2023 - negativeEnvironment
Mercury use in Mubende ASM camps
So, Ugandan researchers document persistent mercury use in artisanal gold camps around Mubende, warning that the country's formalisation agenda will not be credible until the mercury question is answered.
Dr. Julius Kaka · Artisanal camps · Mubende
July 13, 2023 - negativeArtisanal miners
Karamoja artisanal miners losing ground
Artisanal miners in Karamoja - long the country's most mineral-rich and most marginalised region - warn that a wave of new concessions is being granted without them, threatening one of the region's few sources of cash income.
Loyce Nakut · Multiple concession holders · Karamoja
June 27, 2023 - negativeLand rights
Parliament: tighten land-rights sensitisation in Busia
A parliamentary alliance visiting Busia in June 2023 called on the Ministry of Lands to intensify sensitisation of local communities on their land rights around gold mining concessions.
Joan Lubega · Multiple concession holders · Busia
June 16, 2023 - positiveArtisanal miners
Buhweju artisanal cooperative pilot delivers
A cooperative-led pilot in Buhweju District has issued its first formal gold receipts to artisanal miners, offering a working template for the country's wider formalisation agenda.
Grace Nabirye · Buhweju Miners' Cooperative · Buhweju
May 22, 2023 - negativeEnvironment
Sukulu Phosphate: environmental concerns rise
Residents around the Sukulu Phosphate Project in Tororo are pressing for independent environmental monitoring, citing dust, water quality and tailings-management concerns.
Innocent Otim · Guangzhou Dongsong Energy Group · Tororo
May 11, 2023 - positiveCritical minerals
Akelikongo nickel exploration progresses
Now, ASX-listed Sipa Resources' Akelikongo project has continued to generate encouraging drill intercepts, adding a nickel-copper-cobalt story to Uganda's growing critical-minerals prospectus.
Aine Kansiime · Sipa Resources · Nwoya
April 20, 2023 - negativeCopper & cobalt
Kilembe Mines revival still stalled
Now, a decade after Tibet-Hima's concession collapsed, Kilembe Mines in Kasese remains dormant, and the district's economic planners are still waiting for a credible partner to bring the copper-cobalt complex back to life.
Moses Byaruhanga · Kilembe Mines Ltd · Kasese
April 4, 2023 - positiveSkills
Hima Cement expands Kasese skills training
Hima Cement's vocational training partnership with Kasese technical institutes is producing electricians, welders and heavy-plant operators who are being absorbed by the plant and by contractors across the region.
Moses Byaruhanga · Hima Cement (Bamburi/Holcim) · Kasese
March 30, 2023 - negativeArtisanal miners
Mubende ASM eviction tensions resurface
Artisanal miners around Mubende's gold fields say they are being squeezed by tightening concession boundaries and inconsistent enforcement, years after the 2017 evictions that first drew international attention.
Isaac Okot · Multiple licence holders · Mubende
February 16, 2023 - positivePolicy
Mining and Minerals Act 2022 rollout begins
Truth be told, the new law creates a tiered licensing regime, formal recognition of artisanal miners, mandatory community development agreements and a stronger role for local government - the biggest overhaul of Uganda's mineral legislation in more than two decades.
UMT Editorial Desk · Government of Uganda · National
January 24, 2023