May 8

• Kenya: Kitui Mining Civic Drive

  The Ministry of Energy has moved out to counter misinformation regarding the Mui Basin Coal project in Kitui. Read more »

May 6

• Kenya: Nema Backs Niobium Mining

  kwale Cortec Mining Company will get a licence after the completion of an ongoing Environmental Impact Assessment, Nema has said. The subsidiary of a Canadian firm has a licence... Read more »

• Kenya: The Missed Opportunity in Northern Kenya

  Northern Kenya is a land of paradox. It sits on huge natural resources, yet it is the most underdeveloped part of Kenya. Its residents, when coming to Nairobi, refer to the journey... Read more »

May 3

• Kenya: The Importance of Mining for Health [opinion]

  From a health perspective, instinct might make you at first glance dismiss the ministry of mining as a creation that is likely to worsen health. This is because when we think of... Read more »

• Kenya: Taveta Budget Criticised by Mining and Tourism Players

  Taita Taveta county government has allocated Sh30 million in its budget proposal for flood mitigation. Reading the budget at Voi, governor John Mruttu's personal assistant,... Read more »

April 22

• Kenya: Kitui Set to Tap in to Minerals

  Kitui governor Julius Malombe has painted a rosy picture of the future of the largely underdeveloped and poverty scarred county. Malombe said that the county had the potential of... Read more »

• Kenya: Man Dies As Quarry Collapses in Narok

  A man was killed today while two others escaped death narrowly when a quarry they were excavating caved in in Narok South District. Area chief Joseph Korir says efforts to save him... Read more »

April 18

• Kenya: Support Mining Says Mwadime

  Mwatate MP Andrew Mwadime has called on the government to support the mining industry in the region. Read more »

April 15

• Kenya: Kenya to Mine Key Mineral Used for Vehicle and Bridge Manufacturing

  The Mines and Geology department has awarded a special mining license for exploration, development and mining of high grade niobium to Cortec Mining Kenya. Read more »

• Kenya: Mwatate Man Buried in Mine

  A man died on Friday after a mine caved in and buried him at Bura area of Mwatate constituency Taita Taveta County. Read more »

April 6

• Kenya: Nyatike Gold Mines Shut Down

  Several gold mines in Nyatike district have been closed for fear of collapse following the heavy rains. The mines have been filled with rain water with fear of their walls... Read more »

April 1

• Kenya: District Commisioner Suspends Quarry Mining

  The Imenti South District Commissioner Dominic Musyoka has called upon the residents who stay close to quarries to leave and also called upon the miners to seize all quarrying... Read more »

March 27

• Kenya: Mruttu Pitch for Taita Gem

  Taita Taveta governor-elect John Mruttu has described mineral resources in the region among the county's main economic pillars. The region is home to more than 40 high value... Read more »

March 26

• Kenya: Mruttu Pledge Over Bridge

  Governor-elect John Mruttu has said a weighbridge will be put up at Kishushe iron ore, three months after he is officially sworn in. Read more »

March 18

• Kenya: Geologist Calls for Coal Mining to Speed Up

  The Geological Society of Kenya wants the coal mining project in Kitui Mui Coal Basin expedited to bring down the high cost of energy. GSK chair Gladys Kianji said Kenya will be... Read more »

• Kenya: Canadian Mining Firm Gets Kenyan Investors

  A Canadian listed firm Stockport Exploration has raised Sh44.7 million from Kenyans to finance gold and iron mining exploration operations in western Kenya. Read more »

March 12

• Kenya: Titanium Mining Project Key to Kwale County Economy

  The yet to be completed Titanium mining project will play a key role to the economy of Kwale county, the company's external operations manager Joe Schwarz has said. Read more »

March 1

• Kenya: Tullow Oil Suspends Drilling At Paipai 1 Well

  Oil and gas exploration firm Tullow Oil says it has suspended exploration on Paipai-1 well, which is located in Marsabit. The well had been drilled to a 4,255 meters. Tullow oil... Read more »

February 22

• Kenya: Murang'a Boy, 14, Killed As Sand Mine Caves in

  A 14-year-old was yesterday killed when a sand mine caved in and buried him alive in Murang'a. Festus Mwangi was collecting sand when heavy rocks collapsed on him, killing him... Read more »

February 20

• Kenya: Give Locals 30 Percent Mineral Wealth - Kamba Leaders

  Community leaders and non-governmental organisations in Ukambani have said local communities should benefit from at least 30 per cent of resources exploited in the region. Read more »

February 19

• Kenya: Local Shareholding Rule Hurting Miners

  Gemstones miners are already feeling the impact of the 35 per cent local shareholding rule introduced by Environment and Natural Resources Minister Ali Chirau Mwakwere late last... Read more »

February 15

• Kenya: 'Black Empowerment' Will Not Help Kenya [editorial]

  TULLOW has found still more oil in Turkana. Hydrocarbons have been identified in Lamu. Titanium will soon be exported from Kwale. Gold exploration is promising in western Kenya. Read more »

February 11

• Kenya: Kitui Must Benefit From Coal ? Bishop

  The Catholic Church and an NGO that champions land rights has said the rights of people living in the mineral rich area of Kitui must be protected. Read more »

• Kenya: Hopefuls Told to Keep Politics Off Minerals

  KWALE governor candidate Salim Mvurya has warned aspirants politicising the issue of minerals. He termed those politicising the issue as "enemies of the county development". Read more »

February 8

• Kenya: Kwale to Gain From Mining - Firm

  An Australian company has told Kwale residents that they will benefit from a sand mining project in the area. Base Titanium managing director Tim Carstens said the social and... Read more »