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June 01, 2023
Rwanda: Musanze Set to Explore Potential Gold Deposits
Authorities are in the process of sourcing for a company that would start carrying out mineral exploration for possible gold deposits in Musanze District by July, The New Times has… Read more »
May 31, 2023
Rwanda: How Many Illegal Mines Closed After Fatal Huye Incident?
The Rwanda Mines, Petroleum, and Gas Board (RMB) has ordered the immediate closure of 89 illegal mines across the country. This decision follows an illegal mining saga in which a… Read more »
May 08, 2023
Rwanda: UK Mining Firm Keen to Exploit Lithium in Rwanda
Aterian PLC, a British firm specializing in strategic metal exploration and development, has expressed its excitement over the prospect of finding lithium in Rwanda, after various… Read more »
May 03, 2023
Rwanda: Rwanda's Mineral Exports Fetch Over U.S.$240 Million in First Quarter of 2023
Rwanda's mineral exports fetched USD 247,480,699 in the first quarter of 2023 (January to March), according to the Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board (RMB). Read more »
May 02, 2023
Rwanda: Hopes Fade Two Weeks After Rescue Efforts in Huye Mine Collapse Began
Two weeks have passed since six people, including three students, got trapped in the tunnels of a mine in Huye District, but no single rescue has been registered so far. Read more »
April 27, 2023
Rwanda: Over 100 Illegal Mines Identified as Accidents Kill 429 in Five Years
Mine accidents have killed at least 419 people while 272 were injured in a period of five years, a report by Rwanda Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board (RMB) on the status of illegal… Read more »
April 26, 2023
Rwanda: Huye Mine Accident - Landslide Derails Rescue Efforts
Efforts to rescue six workers trapped in an illegal mine that collapsed in Kinazi sector, Huye district last week have been derailed by two consecutive landslides caused by heavy… Read more »
February 27, 2023
Africa: African Countries Urged to Prioritize Green Mineral Value Chains
To meet the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement, the SDGs and Africa's Agenda 2063, the world must decarbonize its growth models and shift to renewable energy sources, the Acting… Read more »
December 05, 2022
Rwanda: Rwanda's Mining Potential is Yet to Be Fully Exploited - PM
Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente has emphasized that Rwanda's mining potential is yet to be fully exploited, adding that there are preliminary studies that indicate significant… Read more »
Rwanda: Towards a Modern and Sustainable Mining Sector in Rwanda
There's an old saying, "If it isn't farmed, it's mined". Did you eat today? Thank your farming community. Read more »
Rwanda: Banks Do Not Trust Us With Financing - Miners
Despite the mining sector being the country's second-largest export revenue earner, after tourism, miners still claim that banks shut them out on funding. Read more »
September 20, 2022
Rwanda: Miners' Body Recommit to Safeguard Environment
The mining sector has oftentimes been called on to take measures in protecting the environment and rehabilitating mining sites given their different activities of extracting and… Read more »
August 18, 2022
Rwanda: Environment - Rwanda's Top Polluters Named
Environmental crime is an illegal act which directly harms the environment. Read more »
August 10, 2022
Rwanda: Illegal Mining Threatens Gishwati Forest
Districts that border Gishwati forest have said that fresh measures are being tightened to crack down on illegal mining activities that threaten the protected forest. Read more »
Rwanda: Illegal Mining Threatens Gishwati-Mukura National Park
Districts that border Gishwati-Mukura National Park have said that fresh measures are being tightened to crack down on illegal mining activities that threaten the protected forest. Read more »
July 31, 2022
Rwanda: Mining Industry Sees Value in Growing Local Processing Capacity
Rwanda only recovers 35 percent of mined minerals, which by end of 2021 generated $516 million. However, to achieve the target of $1.5billion of revenue from exports by 2024, the… Read more »
June 05, 2022
Rwanda: World Environment Day - Mining Firms On the Spot for Environmental Degradation
As the world celebrates World Environment Day, on June 5, Rwanda Environment Management Authority has obliged mining companies to comply with environment protection across the… Read more »
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