- 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 - 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 - 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 - 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