Kenya | planetGOLD

Most of the country's artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) activities are carried out in these rural areas, where mining and subsistence agriculture are the major ways of earning a living. ... The planetGOLD Kenya project will support 6 mining communities to reduce mercury use by 1.5 tonnes over the course of the five-year project. ...

Need for Investments to Substantially Comply with Domestic …

Republic of Kenya, the claimants, Cortec Mining Kenya Limited (CMK), a private company constituted in Kenya, and its majority shareholders, Cortec (PTY) Limited and Stirling Capital Limited, two British holding companies, began to invest in a mining project in a niobium and rare earths exploration project located at Mrima Hill in Kenya in …

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Ministry of Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs. 14th Floor, NHIF Building, Ragati Road ; P.O. Box 30009, 00100, Nairobi, Kenya ; Tel: +254-20-272-1074 ; [email protected]

Cortec v Republic of Kenya: Cautionary tale on local due …

A 1997 Gazette notice under the Mining Act (Kenya)had prohibited all prospecting and mining in Mrima Hill, but this could be overturned by the Mining Commissioner.[4] In 2010, the prospecting licence was renewed by the Mining Commissioner, and the area under licence expanded to include Mrima Hill.[5]

Kenya's Mining Outlook 2023 – Current Status

The growth of Kenya's mining sector has been further stagnated by the moratorium issued by the Government in 2019, restricting the processing and issuance …

Kenya's mining industry: set for a boom?

Mining Minister Dan Kazungu has now written a new strategy that spans 20 years in the hope to see 10% of GDP coming from mining by 2030, and includes plans for up to 20 new mines. The aim is to have 20 more operators, such as Australian Base Resources which is focusing on Kenya, situated in the country over the next 15 years.

Kenyan bitcoin mining startup Gridless raises $2m seed …

0. By Tom Jackson on December 9, 2022. Kenya's Gridless, a bitcoin mining company helping to bring new energy generation to rural communities in East Africa, has secured US$2 million in seed funding to support expansion of bitcoin mines across Africa. Founded earlier this year by veterans of the connectivity, infrastructure and software …

Regulation of Mining Licensing, Exploration and State in Kenya

The Cabinet Secretary for Mining has enacted a number of Regulations under the Mining Act, 2016 regulating the licensing, exploration, work programmes and state participation in the extractives industry. These Regulations are to apply to all mineral rights including artisanal miners and holders of, reconnaissance licences, prospecting licences ...

Kenyan Iron Ore: Mining and prospects of processing

Mining Industry in Kenya Mining in Kenya is primarily for production of non-metallic minerals encompassing industrial minerals such as soda ash (trona), fluorspar, diatomite, natural CO 2, kaolin, gemstone and limestone. Mining accounts for less than 1% of Kenya's annual GDP [4]. Iron ores are mined from small-localized deposits that have ...

Kenya GDP From Mining

GDP from Mining in Kenya averaged 20699.41 KES Million from 2009 until 2023, reaching an all time high of 32494.00 KES Million in the first quarter of 2023 and a record low of …

Gridless Uses Bitcoin Mining to Power Rural Africa

But African cryptominers have found a way to use their consumption to keep the lights on in rural communities. That's why Gridless is one of CoinDesk's Projects to Watch 2023. May 29-31, 2024 ...

2017 2018 Minerals Yearbook

products, 274 (Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, 2017, p. 62–63; 2018, p. 41, 44). In May 2016, the President of Kenya signed the Mining Act 2016, which replaced the Mining Act 1940. The new legislation gave the Government a 10% free-carried interest in mining operations, legalized artisanal mining, simplified the types

Working towards self-regulation in small-scale gold mining in Kenya …

In Kenya, artisanal and small-scale gold mining employs roughly 250,000 miners with women making up 40% of the total. Though largely informal and filled with risk, this form of mining shows potential for providing sustainable livelihoods if human rights and environmental risks are properly addressed. Solidaridad's five-year RECLAIM …

eLimu | Resources and economic activities

Major minerals found in Kenya. Soda ash Soda ash is the leading mineral export of Kenya. It is produced from a rock known as trona which is found in Lake Magadi area on the floor of the Rift Valley. Mining is done using dredging method. The mineral is scooped from the lake using a dredger and then transported

Ministry Contacts | Ministry of Petroleum and Mining

Ministry of Petroleum and Mining. ... Address: P.O. Box 30009 – 00100, Nairobi Kenya Phone: +254 (020) 2727434 Email: [email protected]. Principal Secretary Ministry of Petroleum and Mining, Nyayo house, 22 nd Flr, Kenyatta Avenue P.O. Box 51614 – 00100, Nairobi Kenya Telephone: 020 3310112

Regional Offices | Ministry of Mining, Blue Economy and …

Ministry of Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs. 14th Floor, NHIF Building, Ragati Road ; P.O. Box 30009, 00100, Nairobi, Kenya ; Tel: +254-20-272-1074

Mining Information | Ministry of Petroleum and Mining

Mining Information Home Ownership of Minerals The Constitution of Kenya, 2010, Article 62 (f), states that minerals as defined by law are public land and that minerals belong to …

Report

The Kenya Coal Report: A Review of Coal Power Production and Coal Mining in Kenya. Prepared by Samia Omar Bwana. Nairobi, Kenya. Contact: info@decoalonize More information at: . 4 The Kenya Coal Report, 2021 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 7 EXECUTIVE …

Marula Mining Establishes Independent Subsidiary for …

Muchai Mining Kenya: Muchai Mining Kenya will serve as Marula's dedicated operating entity for copper and graphite mining in Kenya. As a wholly owned subsidiary, it will strengthen Marula's presence in East Africa. Extensive Due Diligence: The decision to establish Muchai Mining Kenya follows thorough due …

MINING ACT

106. Form of mining licence 107. Term of mining licence. 108. Rights conferred by mining licence. 109. Obligations under mining licence. 110. Record-keeping and reporting requirements. 111. Amendment of programme of mining operations. 112. Newly discovered minerals. 113. Cessation, suspension, or curtailment of production in respect of mining ...

Kenya Ruto drags his feet over issuing new mining permits

As they prepare for Kenya Mining Week in mid-July, the leading mining firms affiliated to the Kenya Chamber of Mines (KCM) are fretting about possible delays in the lifting of a moratorium on issuing new mining permits. Introduced in 2019, it was supposed to come to an end this month, President William Ruto having agreed in …

"Informal, not illegal": inside Kenya's artisanal mining industry

Narrow impacts, deep impacts. "ASM in Kenya is conducted in half a dozen districts, employs 140,000 people, and supports over 800,000 Kenyans," says Sebastien Pennes, an associate at Levin Sources, highlighting the scale of the industry. The ASM workforce is more than 10 times larger than its equivalent in large-scale mining, which …

Directorates | State Department for Mining

Exercising regulatory administration and supervision over all prospecting, mining, processing, refining and treatment operations, transport and any dealings in minerals. Monitoring of compliance and ensuring compliance with the law, regulations and conditions relating to mineral rights. Preparation of the necessary reports required under this ...

Mapping Kenya's mineral deposits to end in …

A survey to map Kenya's mineral deposits is ongoing with phase one of the project expected to conclude in about a month's time. Speaking at a virtual session looking at the country's mining ...

National Mining Corporation

The National Mining Corporation Currently about 14 trucks leave Lokichar fields daily for Mombasa. Ninety-seven (97,000) barrels of crude have been trucked to Mombasa so far, targeting 200,000 barrels before export. …

REPUBLIC OF KENYA MINISTRY OF MINING

Government adopted the African Mining Vision in 2009, which is a continental blue print aimed at positioning mining as a key driver of Africa's socio-economic development. The Constitution of Kenya 2010 vests mineral resources in the National Government in trust for the people of Kenya.

5 Best Metals & Mining Companies in Kenya / Stock Trading …

ARM Cement Limited, originally known as Athi River Mining Limited, is a mining and manufacturing corporation based in Kenya, the largest economy in the East African Community. The Nairobi Stock Exchange is where the company's shares can be purchased, as that is where the company's main office is located. With 2,6 metric tonnes …

Streamline artisanal mining sector to lift women out of

8 hours agoThe study by Kenya Land Alliance said the policies will help streamline the sector and lift women in the industry out of poverty. It says banks still consider artisanal mining illegal, denying ...

Mining In Kenya | The Diggings™

Kenya has 17 identified mines listed in The Diggings™. The most commonly listed primary commodities in Kenya mines are Gold, Manganese, and Rare Earth Elements (REE) .At the time these mines were surveyed, 5 mines in Kenya were observed to have ore mineralization in an outcrop, shallow pit, or isolated drill hole—known as an occurance …

Mining sector growth and the maintaining of …

Australian miner, Base Titanium, who operates the Kwale mineral sands project, which is also Kenya's flagship mining project, was still at its nascent stages when the Ministry was established in 2013. …

Kenya's $100 billion hidden mineral deposits

"This is by far the largest mineral deposit in Kenya and the find at Mrima Hill will make Kenya one of the largest rare earth producers in the world," said David Anderson, managing director of Cortec Kenya Mining. The Kenyan government will earn three per cent royalties from the nobium project and five per cent from the rare earths mining.

INVESTMENT HANDBOOK 2016

10 KENYA MINING INVESTMENT HANDBOOK KENYA MINING INVESTMENT HANDBOOK 11 1. INTRODUCTION TO THE KENYA MINING HANDBOOK The Kenya Mining Investor Handbook is the first guidebook for investors and those with an interest in the mining sector of Kenya. Published by the Ministry of Mining, this guide provides …