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Base Titanium wins long-running levy battle against Mombasa County Saturday July 24 2021 Heavy duty equipment for mining at the Base Titanium Site in Kwale County in Kenya’s coastal area. PHOTO | FILE Summary Kenya’s Mineral sands operator Base Titanium has won a protracted legal battle with the County of Mombasa.  The seven-year-long dispute has seen Base Titanium forced by the county to pay cess totalling Ksh1,542,000 ($14,411.21) as of December 31, 2014. Titanium filed another appeal ...

COAST A ship heading to the Kilindini harbour stalls at the Likoni crossing channel causing ferry delays. [Edward Odinga, Standard] A large ship has stalled at Likoni ferry channel blocking maritime and ferry traffic to and from the Port of Mombasa. The giant ship, which is over 200 metres long, developed technical problems, interrupting normal operations at the channel. It had just left the Base Titanium berth and it was laden with the mineral when it stalled about 100 metres away. Four ferri...

THE STANDARD COAST Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Petroleum and Mining, John Munyes [centre], General Manager External affairs at Base Titanium Simon Wall [right] and chairman Lunga Lunga Community Development Agreement Committees Bakari Mwakithestto [left] display signed documents during the launch of Community Development agreements Kwale and Mombasa Counties at Jacaranda Beach Hotel in South Coast on May 24, 2021. [Omondi Onyango, Standard] Kwale and Mombasa counties could get up to Sh110 mil...

“In a move to assess the possibility of extending the life of mine even further, Base, in 2018, decided to re-evaluate the potential of the ‘North Dune’ mineral deposit, which is located immediately to the north-east of the Kwale operation’s offices and plant. The North Dune is a low-grade 582 hactare resource that has the clear potential to be economic,” said the company in the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) it has filed with Nema. “The proposed project of mining...

111 views The Star Kenya Breweries and East Africa Maltings want to generate electricity to backup supply by Kenya Power, joining manufacturers seeking independent energy sources. in a notice, the two subsidiaries of East Africa Breweries Limited said they intend to set up renewable energy generators at Nairobi and Kisumu plants. The East African Malting plans to set up a KVA generator at its Kampala Road plant with a capacity to generate 2.2 megawatts of electricity. Kenya Breweries Limited on...

POLITICS IEBC staff put final touches on ballot boxes ahead of the Msambweni by-election on December 15, 2020. [Omondi Onyango,Standard] Today’s by-election in Msambweni, Kwale County, will likely put to test the political might of President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga on one side against that of Deputy President William Ruto on the other. Raila has held the constituency in his grip since 2007, and is backing Omar Boga of ODM. The constituency of more than 69,000 voters is set ...