Overview
Table of Content 4 Small-scale mining An Entrepreneurial Approach 7 Abucha lights up Malawi’s mining forum with call for African resource empowerment 9 Barnaba Bak Chol: Former finance minister’s legacy and advise to successor Awow Daniel 11 Energy, mining to feature at the South Sudan Global Partnership Summit 12 Gov’t develops comprehensive investment guidebook 13 Navigating environmental concerns 15 Paloch road construction project stagnates almost one year on 16 Kapoeta Portland Cement project takes shape as contractor identifies factory establishment site 18 Land acquisition technicalities curtail geological lab establishment 19 Reprieve for indigenous miners as gov’t establishes marketing stations 20 Juba, Beijing reiterate commitments to implement a geological survey agreement 21 Savannah renews $1.2 billion Petronas acquisition efforts 24 Parliament reopens with calls for mining sector’s revamps 25 Gov’t boosts oil sector with new exploration and production sharing agreement (EPSA) 27 Is South Sudan headed for an alternative oil transit route sooner than expected? 28 Government explores options to diversify economy as oil disruption persists 30 CEBU, Jakama Engineering sign investment MoU in Tanzania 31 Ruweng calls for urgent release of “forgotten” environment audit reports 33 Lawmaker welcomes appointment to chair Specialised Committee on Petroleum 34 Opportunities and challenges: South Sudan artisanal gold mining 36 Djibouti pushes for fasttracked transport initiative implementations 37 Gov’t loses $10 million in revenue to land mismanagements 38 Juba, Khartoum join efforts to repair oil pipeline, restore operations 39 Parliament throws weight behind Ruweng amid alarming birth defects 40 Resource-induced land tension blemishes oilproducing areas 42 South Sudan gains recognition at Canada’s premier mining convention 43 Transforming Communities: Ruweng’s 3% oil share ignites local progress 46 Clean-up of mining generated environmental waste in South Sudan using livestock excreta