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Rwanda

Rwanda (/ruːˈɑːndə/ or /ruːˈændə/ ( listen); Kinyarwanda: U Rwanda [u.ɾɡwanda]), officially the Republic of Rwanda (Kinyarwanda: Repubulika y'u Rwanda; French: République du Rwanda), is a sovereign state in central and east Africa and one of the smallest countries on the African mainland. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Rwanda is in the African Great Lakes region and is highly elevated; its geography dominated by mountains in the west and savanna to the east, with numerous lakes throughout the country. The climate is temperate to subtropical, with two rainy seasons and two dry seasons each year.

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Rwanda Right to Diversify Metal Targets - Shane Ryan

All Africa 04 Nov 2019

Last week, Rwanda hosted the East and Central African Mining Forum which focused on ways countries in the region can use to attract sustainable investments into their mining and mineral trading activities .......

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Rosgeo strikes co-operation deal with Rwanda

Upstream Online 31 Oct 2019

... in Rwanda’s mining, oil and gas sectors. Rwanda’s Mines,....

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Rwanda Protests Mineral Traceability Scheme

All Africa 30 Oct 2019

Rwanda has said that the ITSCI programme, an international scheme designed to regulate minerals mined from the Central African region, is expensive, unnecessary and prohibitive for miners .......

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Inside Rwanda-Russia Mining Pact

All Africa 28 Oct 2019

Last week, Rwanda Mines, Petroleum & Gas Board (RMB) and a Russian state-owned firm ROSGEO, signed a mining and hydrocarbon Cooperation Agreement in Sochi, Russia .......

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Better regulation of relationship between mining investors, govt possible – Leon

Mining Weekly 28 Oct 2019

... partner Peter Leon told delegates at the recent East and Central Africa Mining Forum event, in Kigali, Rwanda....

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Govt Lines Up Pitch for Mining Investments

All Africa 28 Oct 2019

Rwanda's quest to professionalize mining activities and heighten investor interest has in the past months seen the aggregation of small concessions as well as exploratory and zoning activities .......

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Russian Firm to Enter Rwanda's Mining Sector

All Africa 24 Oct 2019

A Russian firm, ROSGEO, the State Geological Holding Company, will in the coming days debut the Rwandan mining sector undertaking geological surveys, exploratory studies and provision of equipment .......

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Congo uses digital weapons in war on conflict minerals

Arab News 02 Oct 2019

Circulor has also monitored mines in Rwanda using smartphones armed with GPS to pinpoint exactly where the ore was tagged and facial recognition software to confirm the identities of miners ... ITSCI plans to introduce digital systems soon in Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda, while RCS operates its barcode system at two Rwandan mines....

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Congo mine deploys digital weapons in fight against conflict minerals

Yahoo Daily News 01 Oct 2019

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Omani products to go on show at Rwanda expo

Gulf Daily News 25 Sep 2019

“Opex 2020 in Rwanda will cover several sectors, mainly food, beverages, mining and petrochemicals,” Al Hasani added ... Rwanda’s first modern Special Economic Zone was completed by 2012 in Kigali, to attract investments in agribusiness, information and communications, trade, logistics, mining and construction....

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Illegal Mining Blamed for Many Deaths in Kamonyi

All Africa 23 Sep 2019

Eight people have died and 25 others injured in Kamonyi District since June this year due to illegal mining. More than 15 are in jail yet, according to Rwanda Mines Petroleum and Gas Board (RMB), more than 50 others are suspected to be still engaging in illegal mining .......

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GOVT, Rwanda Sign Mining Agreement

All Africa 28 Aug 2019

GOVERNMENT, through the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development, yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Rwanda that will see the two countries cooperating and exchanging experiences from the extractive industries to develop their respective mining sectors .......

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Can Fairphone 3 scale ethical consumer electronics?

Crunch 27 Aug 2019

Mining an ethical niche ... “On the supply chain we’ve been going along investing into programs all along the way,” he goes on, giving the example of a child-labor free mining program it’s set up in Uganda to source fair trade gold ... Conflict-free tungsten mine in Rwanda now integrated into Fairphone’s supply chain....