Cobalt and the Revival of Uganda's Mining Industry
The Uganda's mining industry is important to the East African nation's economic growth. With GDP steadily rising at 4.25 percent growth per year (compared to the continental average of 3.6 ...
Towards a vibrant mining sector in Uganda: a review of the …
Uganda is a mineral rich country with vast deposits of gold, uranium, limestone, marble, graphite, iron, copper, and cobalt, among others. Whereas its mining sector once accounted for 30% of the country's export earnings in the 1950's and 1960's, today the sector's contribution is about 0.8%. This decline has been attributed to a weak legislative framework to award, protect and enforce ...
Mining – Investing In Uganda
Uganda's mining sector is rich with untapped potential, offering investors a unique opportunity to tap into vast deposits of precious and industrial minerals. With its wealth of natural resources …
Contribution of mining to GDP grows to 2.3 percent
At least or more than 90 percent of Uganda's mineral sector is composed of artisanal miners, majority of whom are involved in mining metallic, industrial and building minerals components.
Strengthening Uganda's Legal and Policy Framework
Uganda's mining sector was at a key moment of change in 2013 as the government was completing an ambitious geological survey and was keen to reignite industrial mining in the country. The sector was a significant part of Uganda's national economy after it gained independence in 1962, but over time, it had declined due to mismanagement and a ...
Developing Uganda's Mining Sector
In 2011, Uganda found itself at 161 of 187 in the Human Development Index. Uganda's northwest Karamoja region hosts over 50 different economic minerals, but the mining …
Overview of The Mining Sector
What is mining? Mining is the process of extracting useful minerals from the surface of the earth, including the seas. The term minerals is defined in the Mining Act, 2003 as "any substance, whether in solid, liquid or gaseous form occurring naturally in or on the earth, formed by or subject to a geological process; […]
TOWARDS A VIBRANT MINING SECTOR IN UGANDA: A …
Uganda is a mineral rich country with vast deposits of gold, uranium, limestone, marble, graphite, iron, copper, and cobalt, among others. Whereas its mining sector once accounted for 30% of …
Mining in Uganda
This study examines if mining sector frameworks in Uganda can support peaceful, transparent and mutually beneficial mineral extractions in Uganda. The study explores the perceptions and attitudes of: communities living in and around mining areas; government officials in mineral holding districts; and mining company officials.
Mining Sector Profile
The mining industry in Uganda reached peak levels in the 1950's and 1960's when the sector accounted for up to 30% of Uganda's export earnings. However, political and economic instability experienced in the country in the 1970's and the recent global economic slowdown led the …
Uganda Chamber of Mines & Petroleum : Spotlight
SPOTLIGHT ON UGANDAN MINING AND PETROLEUM. With notable deposits including gold, copper, high-grade tin, tungsten, salt, beryllium, cobalt, kaolin, iron ore, glass sand, …
List Of Mining Companies In Uganda
What Industry Is Mining In Within Uganda? The mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction sector is part of the natural resources and mining supersector. The Mining sector comprises establishments that extract naturally occurring mineral solids, such as coal and ores; liquid minerals, such as crude petroleum; and gases, such as natural gas.
Uganda
Uganda, a country rich in natural resources, has a diverse array of minerals that could significantly boost its economy. From gold and copper to cobalt and limestone, Uganda's mining sector is …
Uganda's Mining Industry Records Sustainability, Growth …
Uganda's mining sector has experienced a notable transformation, signaling the country's growing prominence on the global minerals map. In a strategic move to better manage the country's natural resources, the government launched a state-owned mining company tasked with overseeing its equity in mining operations.
Uganda: government introduces new mining laws
Uganda's government says that new regulations will combat: "continuous land conflicts in mining areas, an increase in corruption in the issuance of licences, a sector crowded by speculator who lock up investments, the need to stop environmental degradation and deprivation of benefits arising from mineral exploitation to host communities".
Uganda: Mineral Policy
Need for Minerals Overview of Uganda's Mineral Sector Uganda is endowed with enormous mineral reserves including among others gold, copper, iron ore, steel, tin, tungsten, refined cobalt, salt, refined lead, and diamonds. In 2014, the country accounted for 4% of the world's mine production of pumice and pumicite. Mineral resources are
How minerals are smuggled out of Uganda
Uganda's mining sector holds huge economic potential, but persistent governance and financial challenges continue to undermine its growth. Despite being rich in gold, copper, tin, cobalt and rare earth elements, the sector's contribution to the national economy has plummeted—from 30 per cent of GDP in the 1950s to just 2.2 per cent today. One of […]
Developing Uganda's Mining Sector
In 2011, Uganda found itself at 161 of 187 in the Human Development Index. Uganda's northwest Karamoja region hosts over 50 different economic minerals, but the mining sector's contribution to gross domestic product (GDP) sunk from six percent in the 1970s to less than 0.5% in 2010.
Uganda: What Awaits Uganda's Mining Sector in 2024
STATE MINING COMPANY. Uganda will test some sections of its new mining law in 2024, especially with the creation of the national mining company. The set-up of this company, especially whoever heads it, is expected to be one of the big talking points in the sector. The national mining company – modelled around the Uganda National Oil Company ...
MINING AND MINERAL POLICY FOR UGANDA 2018
The Mining and Minerals Policy for Uganda, 2018 goal is to develop the mining industry through increased investment, value addition, national participation and revenue ... consultations with a wide range of mineral sector and mining industry stakeholders. On the basis of several identified main issues, respective solutions have been formulated ...
Mining and Community Development Agreements: a …
Uganda's extractives industry is growing exponentially and attracting both foreign and domestic mining companies. But too often, mineral-rich communities fail to benefit. How can Community Development Agreements ensure affected communities both benefit from mining operations and are meaningfully engaged in agreements regulating mining activities?
Uganda gazettes Mining and Minerals Regulations 2023
This was an important precursor to the grant of the Mining Licence Application (MLA) at its 60%-owned Makuutu Heavy Rare Earths Project in Uganda. "This is an important milestone for the Ugandan mining industry and has been a regulatory requirement for the grant of the company's MLA at Makuutu.
UNDERSTANDING ARTISANAL AND SMALL-SCALE …
Uganda's ASM sub-sector covering High Value Minerals and Precious Metals as well as Low Value Minerals and Materials, with a view to helping inform the work of policy makers, civil society, mining companies and development agencies that focus on Uganda's mining sector. The specific objectives of this study were to establish:
Stakeholders learn about Uganda's new laws for artisanal mining sector …
Uganda's mining and minerals sector—including artisanal gold mining—is a critical driver of economic growth for the country. A government 2019 report estimates that 7,081 kg of gold in Uganda is artisanally mined per year, which accounts for more than 90 percent of all the country's gold production.. In 2022, Uganda passed the new Mining and Minerals Law, which …
Will the Mining and Mineral Bill, 2019 address …
The challenges of the mining sector that are hindering transparency and accountability in Uganda include;To begin with, Mining Policy 2018, and Mining Act 2003 and the current mining and minerals bill 2019 are not explicit …
Economic Contributions of Artisanal and Small-Scale …
Most mineral production and employment is widely attributed to the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector. The ASM sector's economic contributions are inadequately quantified, poorly understood and, due to high rates of informality, typically excluded from official minerals sector statistics.
Extractive Sector in Uganda
The Directorate is governed by the Mineral Policy 2001, the Mining Act 2003 and Mining Regulations 2004. In 2019/2020, limestone was the leading mineral extracted in Uganda. The rest of the minerals experienced decline in production due to the uncertainty caused by the impacts of Covid-19 and the Presidential ban on exports of unprocessed minerals.
Development Minerals: Innovation and Enterprise …
Despite having large underexploited mineral deposits, Uganda's mining potential remains significantly untapped. The Role of Mining in Uganda's Socioeconomic Transformation. The mining sector holds immense potential to drive Uganda's socioeconomic transformation and accelerate progress toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
MINING AND MINERAL POLICY FOR UGANDA 2018
The Mining and Minerals Policy for Uganda, 2018 goal is to develop the mining industry through increased investment, value addition, national participation and revenue generation to …
Mineral Wealth Conference – Enhancing Uganda's mineral sector
Welcome to the 13th Annual Mineral Wealth Conference. Organized by the Uganda Chamber of Mines and Petroleum, in collaboration with the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development of the Government of Uganda and other stakeholders. This conference builds on the success of previous conferences, which have established Uganda and the whole region as a prime …