East Africa

For investors Rwanda’s mining sector, the adage goes “size does not matter” says rings true. There are number of areas where there are opportunities to be explored in the sector, which are...

 By Rainbow Field, director at Bowman Gilfillan Africa Group (Nairobi) Government regulation of the East African mining sector is increasing as various authorities hope to leverage investor interest to swell...

Brought to you by the largest exhibition organisers in East Africa is a brand new exhibition for the safety market in Kenya that will run from 8-10 November 2016 at...

Australia’s graphite producer Magnis Resources has recently signed a memorandum of understanding with China Railway Bureau Group Co., Ltd. towards developing its Nachu Graphite Project in Tanzania. The two companies...

Rwanda is planning to construct a new petroleum storage facility that will have capacity to store 21 million liters – a move that will help boost the overall national reserve...

The Ministry of Energy in Kenya has announced that it has prequalified three firms to advance to the Request for Proposals stage (RFP) for coal mining at the Mui Coal...

Sudan has Sunday this week announced a 64-tons increase in gold production this year down from 34 tons in 2013, which means important advance in exploitation of gold and minerals...

Tanzania is targeting to have an annual iron ore production capacity of 1.1 million metric tonnes per year. In this regard, the country expects to export its first batch of...

Ethiopia’s mining industry has aided the country in securing more than US$ 2.3bn from exports of gold, tantalum, opal, marble and other minerals; this is according to a new published...

A US$ 100m potash exploration project is expected to take place in the Afar Regional State, Ethiopia. Yara Dallol BV, a subsidiary of Yara International, is currently finalizing on the...