Patrick Kanyoro News Today

The government will strengthen monitoring systems to check the compliance standards for the documentation of mineral exports and imports at the port of Mombasa.

The resumption of the approval process comes even as players raise concerns over snail’s pace of the process.

Firms have a fortnight to update records including tax compliance in permits rush.

Uganda passed its Mining and Minerals Act in October last year and Kenyan lawmakers are considering changes to the Mining Act of 2016

Moves come amidst reports of projected demand growth for minerals crucial for low carbon economies.

Africa’s richness in minerals places it at an advantage to dominate global supply chains of tech-intensive industries.

With the Critical Raw Materials Act, Europe seeks autonomy by extracting minerals sustainably, recycle more to lock in supply chains.

The contribution of the mining sector to the gross domestic product (GDP) has for years stagnated at 0.7- 0.8 percent despite proven deposits of titanium in Kwale, oil in Turkana, gold in western...

Kenya is racing to finalise the digitisation of data on owners of mineral rights, location, the validity of permits and compliance with regulations.