Some 200 excavators have been uncovered at mining sites in the central region alone, by the inter-ministerial committee on illegal mining. The committee which is on a mission to sanitize the mining sector says the ongoing vetting of licenses of small scale miners is aimed at having a grasp of the actual situation in the […]
The first-ever competitive bidding for the allocation of oil blocks to companies in the petroleum upstream sector will be launched on October 5, this year. The new regime, which is in compliance with the new Petroleum Exploration and Production Act, 2016 (Act 919) and the law on local content, is a departure from the previous […]
Government has taken the fight against illegal mining in the country to another level through the use of high technological penetration
