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Ruzizi 1 & 2 renovation put off again

According to our sources, work on rehabilitating the Ruzizi 1 and Ruzizi 2 dams - generating respectively 19.8 and 43.8 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.09.2015

EU gives Kigali full powers to revamp power sector

Kigali has decided to allocate no less than 43% of the money it gets from the European Development Fund, to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.09.2015

Rougier beats off Chinese competition in south west

The relative unpopularity of rival Asian companies helped the French logging company Rougier land a key contract in Central African Republic recently.

Subscribers only Business 16.09.2015

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President’s tin smelter held back for non-compliance

A project championed by Rwandan president Paul Kagame to revive Karuruma tin smelter won’t come to fruition immediately. Kagame has been counting on the smelter to make a savings of between $4 to 5 million per annum, an amount similar [...]

Subscribers only Mining 08.09.2015

$40 million in revenue expected from revival of Gatumba

The authorities in Kigali, who have just awarded licenses previously [...]

Subscribers only Mining 25.08.2015

Berlin bankrolls a mining academy

The German government has put up €5 million towards a [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.07.2015

New legislation to rekindle oil exploration.

A new upstream petroleum bill is to shortly be submitted [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.06.2015

Germany’s Kochendörfer fills its order book

The Bavarian firm Kochendörfer Wasserkraftaniagen has picked up a series of new contracts in Rwanda. And it did so with [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.05.2015

Kagame views Karuruma smelter as top priority

President Kagame is waiting for the Karuruma tin smelter to be reactivated.

Subscribers only Mining 21.04.2015

Karuruma smelters wants to break Malaysian monopoly

A 10-day test run began on Jan. 21 at Rwanda’s only tin smelter, at Karuruma, which has yet to function. [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.01.2015

Cheaper electricity for Kigali

The semi-public power operator Kenya Power agreed with its counterpart Rwanda Energy Group (REG) on Dec. 9 to supply it [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.01.2015

Light for almost all in 2017

Rwandan president Paul Kagame, who could stand for re-election in 2017, is working overtime to increase the electrification rate in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.10.2014

Ruzizi 3 looks set to take off

After a full two years of bargaining, operators of a future Ruzizi 3 dam straddling the confines of Burundi, Congo-K and Rwanda, have finally reached an agreement.

Subscribers only Energy 07.10.2014

Stephane Vernay

The Paris-based lawyer Stephane Vernay from the firm Gide Loyrette [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.10.2014

Competition to revive Gatumba

The authorities in Kigali have issued a local and international [...]

Subscribers only Mining 30.09.2014

Angelique falls behind schedule

The Indian dam builder has been given a new deadline to complete work on the Nyabarongo dam. And it will be the last one.

Subscribers only Energy 09.09.2014

Symbion is Washington’s pet

A firm run by Paul Hinks is taking full advantage of its connections in the U.S. to land contracts in Arica. Its latest success has been a methane-fuelled power plant in Rwanda.

Subscribers only Energy 26.08.2014

Crude to be exported via Lamu

Governments are going it alone for the moment on a project to export oil from Uganda and Kenya. They have issued a call for expressions of interest from consultants.

Free access Energy 08.07.2014

All jump on methane bandwagon

The forthcoming sale of concessions on both sides of Lake Kivu for the extraction of methane has whetted appetites, including those of oil companies and traders.

Subscribers only Energy 08.07.2014

Mines institute soon to open

Rwanda's education ministry will shortly sign a memorandum of understanding [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.06.2014

Bad news across board for Vanoil

A change in management at the Canadian firm hasn’t stopped the bad news from piling up.

Subscribers only Energy 11.02.2014

OECD calls on traders to favour Rwanda

The chairman of the OECD working party on responsible business [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.12.2013

Vanoil vs Kigali, a tough call

A conciliation proceeding launched by the Canadian firm augurs badly for exploration in the country with largely unknown geological characteristic. An amicable settlement could come.

Subscribers only Energy 26.11.2013

Paul Kagame pushes Uhuru Kenyatta to defy ICC

President Paul Kagame of Rwanda is encouraging his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta not to go to the International Criminal Court [...]

Subscribers only 29.10.2013

Pouroulis in a cassiterite play

Pella Rwanda Resources, a subsidiary of Guernsey-incorporated Pella Resources, a firm set up by Adonis Pouroulis, founder of Petra Diamonds, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 08.10.2013

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Rwanda

Ruzizi 1 & 2 renovation put off again

EU gives Kigali full powers to revamp power sector

Rougier beats off Chinese competition in south west

Spotlight
President’s tin smelter held back for non-compliance

$40 million in revenue expected from revival of Gatumba

Berlin bankrolls a mining academy

New legislation to rekindle oil exploration.

Germany’s Kochendörfer fills its order book

Kagame views Karuruma smelter as top priority

Karuruma smelters wants to break Malaysian monopoly

Cheaper electricity for Kigali

Light for almost all in 2017

Ruzizi 3 looks set to take off

Stephane Vernay

Competition to revive Gatumba

Angelique falls behind schedule

Symbion is Washington’s pet

Crude to be exported via Lamu

All jump on methane bandwagon

Mines institute soon to open

Bad news across board for Vanoil

OECD calls on traders to favour Rwanda

Vanoil vs Kigali, a tough call

Paul Kagame pushes Uhuru Kenyatta to defy ICC

Pouroulis in a cassiterite play

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Rwanda

Ruzizi 1 & 2 renovation put off again

EU gives Kigali full powers to revamp power sector

Rougier beats off Chinese competition in south west

Spotlight President’s tin smelter held back for non-compliance

$40 million in revenue expected from revival of Gatumba

Berlin bankrolls a mining academy

New legislation to rekindle oil exploration.

Germany’s Kochendörfer fills its order book

Kagame views Karuruma smelter as top priority

Karuruma smelters wants to break Malaysian monopoly

Cheaper electricity for Kigali

Light for almost all in 2017

Ruzizi 3 looks set to take off

Stephane Vernay

Competition to revive Gatumba

Angelique falls behind schedule

Symbion is Washington’s pet

Crude to be exported via Lamu

All jump on methane bandwagon

Mines institute soon to open

Bad news across board for Vanoil

OECD calls on traders to favour Rwanda

Vanoil vs Kigali, a tough call

Paul Kagame pushes Uhuru Kenyatta to defy ICC

Pouroulis in a cassiterite play

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President’s tin smelter held back for non-compliance