Rwanda:   Nation Leads in Eradication of Blood Mineral Trade

Focus, 19 December 2011

Rwanda has assured that it will issue the first regional certificate guaranteeing conflict-free sources of minerals early next year as required under the International Conference… Read more »

East Africa:   Stricter Moves to Control Conflict Minerals

New Times, 17 December 2011

Member states of the International Conference for the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) will start applying a 'Certificate of Origin' system as they step up efforts to control extraction… Read more »

Rwanda:   Miners Move to Streamline Lucrative Sector

New Times, 5 December 2011

Investors in the mining sector cited uncoordinated service charges and ambiguous auditing processes as their main challenges which the Ministry of Natural Resources (MINIRENA)… Read more »

Rwanda:   Country to Send Back Minerals to the DRC

New Times, 13 October 2011

Rwanda will soon send back to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 70 tonnes (70,000Kgs) of untagged minerals that were smuggled into the country, The New Times has learnt. Read more »

Rwanda:   New Mining Decree Boosts Mineral Exports

New Times, 4 May 2011

Rwanda's mining industry registered impressive growth in the first quarter of 2011 with revenues tripling to US$35.5m compared to the same period last year, occasioned by increased… Read more »

Rwanda:   Global Witness Wrong About Nation's Involvement with Conflict Minerals - Authority

New Times, 21 April 2011

The National Geology and Mining Authority (OGMR) has strongly refuted claims by a global watchdog organisation that Rwanda does little to prevent the illegal trade of what is known… Read more »

Rwanda:   Nation Optimistic On Mineral Certification

New Times, 18 March 2011

Rwanda will achieve 80 percent certification of its minerals by end of March, in line with US requirements on conflict minerals, authorities have said. Read more »