Africa's largest International Mining Technology Trade show is back in Tanzania

Posted on :Thursday , 1st November 2018

Africa’s largest International Mining Technology Trade show is back in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from 1st – 3rd November, 2018.  Hon'ble William Vangimembe Lukuvi, Minister for Lands, Housing and Human Settlement Development will inaugurate the 4th Minexpo 2018 on the 1st of November 2018. The event  is one of the leading mining trade shows, showcasing the widest range of in. . .

New mining plan for Namwele area, Tanzania

Posted on :Wednesday , 22nd August 2018

Developments in the Tanzanian mining landscape are also underway with a second excavator working in the Namwele area, where about 3000 t of coal has been already mined.

 Edenville says they expect to have an updated mining plan completed in September, which will allow work to start on opening up new seams found to the north of the current as the results of the on-site laboratory an. . .

Mining landscape in Tanzania is booming - government opens markets

Posted on :Wednesday , 22nd August 2018

In Tanzania, mining includes precious metals such as gold, iron ore, nickel, copper, cobalt, silver. Mining of industrial minerals like diamond, tanzanite, ruby, garnet, limestone, soda ash, gypsum, salt, phosphate, gravel, sand, dimension stones and lately graphite are also among the more interesting in the export market. Fuel minerals like coal and uranium are also being mined. Mining related. . .

Tanzania Mining Commission opens up the mining sector to stimulate growth

Posted on :Friday , 8th June 2018

In a significant and positive step for Tanzania’s mining sector  process of issuing about 7 000 mineral licences that had been pending after the government placed a ban on new licences in July 2017 has commenced under the leadership of Tanzania's new Mining Commission headed by Minister for Minerals Angellah Kariuki.

This step represents the government’s intention to re. . .

Kenya mining industry set for a boom

Posted on :Thursday , 22nd March 2018

 A new mining act signed into law by President Uhuru Kenyatta could see Kenya’s nascent mining industry finally come into its own. Oil companies, like UK’s Tullow Oil, have been prospecting in Kenya for a few years now, and they are expected to start production by 2021. Due to a mining law passed late 1940 combined with geological data that was 32 years older than that, Kenya m. . .