Ethiopia gets $314 million from minerals export
The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum said the country has secured $314 million from export of minerals during the first six months of the current budget year of the country started July…
Ethiopia revokes 63 mining licenses
The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum of Ethiopia today announces revoking 63 mining licenses.
UN agency launches report on extractive sector governance
Sudan’s Prime Minister, Abdalla Hamdok, and Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, on Friday launched a new publication that proposes actions that need to be put in place to…
Ethiopia plans producing 137,000 kilograms of gold
The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum of Ethiopia has set a target to produce 137,000 kilograms of gold in the coming ten years attracting 500 new foreign direct investments and 1,000 local…
Ethiopia gold production increases threefold
Gold production of Ethiopia by artisan miners over the past three months starting July 7, 2020 has increased by close to 300 compared to the target set by the Ministry of Mines…
Ethiopia gives coal mining to unemployed youth
The Oromia Region of Ethiopia has given coal mining site to 500 unemployed youth to mine coal and supply to nearby cement factories.
Ethiopia earns $145 million from gold export
Over the past eleven months of the current budget year of Ethiopia that ends July 7, 2020, the country has earned over $145.1 million from gold export.
Guinea to host AU’s Africa Mining Development Center
Conakry, the capital of Guinea is selected to host the headquarters of Africa Union’s specialized agency on minerals development, Africa Mining Development Center (AMDC).
Ethiopia attracts over $100 million investment in mining
The Ministry of Mines and Energy said it has attracted over 3 billion birr ($106.4 million) investment in the mining sector of the country over the past one year period ended July…
Al Hilal begins assembling gold detector devices in Ethiopia
A company named, Al Hilal Gold Mining, is set to inaugurate Ethiopia’s first modern gold detector device assembly in the capital Addis Ababa.
Ethiopia finds 18 gold, gemstone, industrial mineral-rich areas
The government of Ethiopia says it has found 18 gold, gemstone and industrial mineral-rich areas across the country during the current fiscal year started July 8,2018.
Chinese company begins bentonite mining in Ethiopia
Arerti Ceramics Manufacturing, a Chinese company incorporated in Ethiopia, has signed agreement with the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum to start mining bentonine mineral in Amhara region of Ethiopia.
Commission to host African Minerals Development Center
The UN Economic Commission for Africa handed over the African Minerals Development Center (AMDC) to the African Union Commission (AUC) following its inception in 2012.
Ethiopia misses 95% minerals’ export target
Partly impacted by the revocation of MIDROC Gold license of Etho-Saudi billionaire Al Amoudi, Ethiopia has missed 95% of its mining export target for the first six months of the current fiscal year…