To apply for a mining license in Kenya, you must follow a structured process governed by the Mining Act of 2016 and administered through the Online Mining Cadastre System. These requirements span ...

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A few days ago, Kwale County Deputy Governor Chirema Kombo walked out of a consultative meeting chaired by the Mining Cabinet Secretary Ali Hassan Joho to discuss the prospects of the Mrima Hills ...

Artisanal miners and locals at Tumanini gold mine in Museno village, Shinyalu Constituency, Kakamega County. [File, Standard] As Kenya prepares to expand its mining sector, from gold operations in ...

Ahead of African Mining Week Conference (AMW), scheduled for October 14–16, 2026 in Cape Town and organized by Energy Capital&Power, the AMW team engaged with African mining ministers and industry ...

An Emirati-backed cement project threatened ancestral prayer caves. The community fought back. Lugadi Runya Shipa inside one of the caves in eastern Kenya. For generations, men like him have guided ...

Officials are investigating an incident in which two miners were killed at a gold mining site in Lolgorian, Transmara, Narok County. Police and witnesses said the miners had entered a tunnel searching ...

With gold prices at an all-time high, illegal gold mining is again rising— a recurring pattern between gold prices and illegal gold mining. Earlier this month, several top-tier news reports covered ...