State of the Nation - Seychelles to Scrap Value Added Tax On Food Commodities to Reduce Cost of Living

Seychelles News Agency

The government of Seychelles plans to remove the Value Added Tax (VAT) from all food commodities as part of measures to reduce the cost of living, President Danny Faure said in his… Read more »

Mwadui Diamonds Production Rises

Daily News

THE Run of Mine for Williamson Diamond, subsidiary of Petra Diamonds increased 3 per cent in the first half of 2019 financial year, demonstrating the continued steady operational… Read more »

US Launches $38 Million Cashew Value Chain Project for Gambia, Senegal, Bissau

The Point

The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food For Progress (FFPr) Regional Cashew Value Chain Project is implementing a $38 million, six-year project in The Gambia,… Read more »

Solid Minerals - Era of Criminalizing Illegal Miners Over - Govt

Vanguard

The Federal Government on Thursday declared that the era of criminalizing illegal miners is over as it holds consultative meetings on the formalization of artisanal miners into… Read more »

Relief for Farmers As Coffee Prices Rise By 13 Percent

New Times

Coffee farmers will get at least Rwf26 more per kilogramme thanks to the new price set by the National Agricultural Export Development Board (NAEB). Read more »

Action Sought to Rescue Tobacco Sector

Daily News

The Parliamentary Industry, Trade and Environment Committee has tasked the Fair Competition Commission (FCC) to fully intervene and subsequently rescue the country's tobacco… Read more »

Minister Tasks Solid Minerals Committee Chairmen On Sector's Devt

Daily Trust

The Minister of State, Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Uchechukwu Ogah has charged Chairmen of the Mineral Resources and Environmental Management Committee (MIREMCO) to work… Read more »

Mombasa Auction Registers First Sale of Premium Teas

East African

The decline of international market for the cut-tear-curl (CTC) black tea has pushed Kenyan exporters to premium tea as the next best bet for the industry. Read more »

Gold Fields, Impala Flag Big Earnings Jumps On Precious Metals Rally [analysis]

Daily Maverick

Gold Fields and Impala Platinum (Implats) are the latest precious metals producers to flag big jumps in 2019 earnings. The rally in the likes of gold and palladium are clearly… Read more »

EAC Coffee Sets Slots in Online Business Purchase Beckons

Daily News

An online coffee mini-auction to taste and buy coffee from East African member states as well as international buyers to bid is set for launch in Mombasa, Kenya this week. Read more »

How Minerals and Metals Companies Can Help Achieve 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development [press release]

UNEP

Minerals and metals play a central role in the global economy and will continue to provide the raw material we need for industrial processes and daily use. Read more »

East Africa Mulls Ways to End Illicit Gold Trade

East African

Countries in the region are discussing the adoption of stringent traceability mechanisms for the gold industry to stamp out rampant smuggling across East and Central Africa to… Read more »

Groups Hail Govt's Gazette of Tobacco Control Regulations

Premium Times

Tobacco control advocacy groups, the Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA) and the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) have hailed the Federal… Read more »

Platinum Belt Unrest - Joint Ops Centre to Open Soon [analysis]

Daily Maverick

The eastern limb of South Africa's platinum belt is seething with unrest. The Minerals Council said in 2019 it planned to set up a joint operations centre with the police there to… Read more »

Dithering Mantashe Keeps SA On Course for the Rocks [opinion]

Daily Maverick

Minerals and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has a terrible case of 'plan continuation bias', with the result that South Africa remains reliant on a dirty, unstable, unpredictable,… Read more »