Rwanda to expedite enactment of new minerals law

Rwanda has announced work to expedite the enactment of a new mining law in order to make the sector an even greater contributor to economic development. The Government now intends to have the new law, now at the draft stage, passed by Parliament before June in order...

Rwanda installing computerised mining cadastre system

As reported in Mining Weekly, an 18 month project has begun to implement a computerised mining cadastre system, FlexiCadastre, for the Rwandan Geology and Mines Department. The system will replace the current paper based system and is expected to attract investment...

Challenging the Conflict Minerals Rule

On 16th January 2013, a group of associations, the Business Roundtable, US Chamber of Commerce, and the National Association of Manufacturers, filed their opening remarks in the process to request a review of the SEC’s conflict minerals rule. The 198-page...