Local and foreign miners based in Uganda want the government to lift ban on export of unprocessed minerals to reduce the financial losses being currently incurred.
The Uganda Chamber of Mines and Petroleum (UCMP) is lobbying for lifting of the ban, which it says that has led to loses of jobs, downsizing of operations and closure of some firms as industry players cannot export unprocessed mineral ores.
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