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Africa Oil & Gas: Govt resumes funding Rwandan forces tasked with securing gas projects

Posted on July 17, 2025July 17, 2025 by Mozambique Resources Post

Following months of tension, relations between Mozambique and Rwanda seem to gradually be easing. As we revealed (AI, 26/05/25), in August 2024 the Mozambican Treasury stopped paying the $2m a month that it had vowed to disburse in return for the deployment of the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) to Cabo Delgado province, an operation that began in July 2021. Since mid-June, payments have resumed, and some of the arrears have also been settled. But the situation has yet…

Mozambique: TotalEnergies hands over unarmed security contract to Rwandan State-owned company

Posted on July 25, 2024July 25, 2024 by Mozambique Resources Post

A security company backed by Rwanda’s ruling party has been hired to guard TotalEnergie’s giant gas project facilities in Mozambique as Kigali continues its commercial expansion in the country three years after its army helped put down an Islamist insurgency. Isco Segurança, a joint venture between Rwanda’s Isco Global Limited and a local Mozambican company, is providing unarmed guarding services at the $20bn liquefied natural gas development in Cabo Delgado province, Total confirmed to the…

Africa Oil & Gas: Rwanda signs $400M deal to produce methane gas from ‘Killer Lake’

Posted on February 7, 2019February 7, 2019 by Mozambique Resources Post

Rwanda said on Tuesday it had signed a $400 million deal to produce bottled gas from Lake Kivu, which emits such dense clouds of methane it is known as one of Africa’s “Killer Lakes”.

Africa Mining: Rwanda says mineral export earnings rose to $373m last year

Posted on June 6, 2018June 6, 2018 by Mozambique Resources Post

Earnings from Rwanda’s mineral exports more than doubled to $373-million last year from the previous 12 months, supported by a rebound in global prices of commodities, a top official said.

Africa Energy: New study to assess electrification of Rwanda, Tanzania rail project 6TH APRIL 2018

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Mozambique Resources Post

Tanzania and Rwanda face the daunting task of mobilising funding for a standard-gauge railway (SGR) line connecting the two countries, following a decision to review the project’s design so that electric, rather than diesel-powered, trains run on the line.

Africa Energy: A Rwandan case study shows how electricity can change lives

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Mozambique Resources Post

More than 1.1 billion people in developing countries lack access to electricity. Some 590 million live in Africa, where the rural electriﬁcation rate is particularly low at only 14%.

Africa Mining: Rwanda to issue mining licences to boost investment by a fifth

Posted on February 22, 2018February 22, 2018 by Mozambique Resources Post

KIGALI – Rwanda will issue 50 new licenses to mine metals including gold, tin and tantalum this year that may help boost investment in the East African nation by a fifth, the Rwanda Development Board said.

Africa Mining: Ngali Mining to explore hydrocarbons in Lake Kivu, Rwanda

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Mozambique Resources Post

Ngali Mining has been give the green light to pursue petroleum explorations in Lake Kivu. It is believed that the Rwandan firm, a branch of local investment company Ngali Holdings, from sources at the company, affirmed the progress but did not submit the statement of agreement.

Global Mining: Mozambique among 8 Top Tantalum-producing Countries

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Mozambique Resources Post

Widely used in capacitors for computers and mobile phones, tantalum is certainly an important component in many modern technologies. However, the metal is also known for issues related to conflict minerals, since a large portion of tantalum production comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Looking elsewhere in the world, the US has not produced tantalum since 1959, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS), but the metal is still processed by US companies who import…

Africa Oil & Gas: East Africa Neighbors Close To Picking Consultant For Oil Export Pipeline

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Mozambique Resources Post

Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda are in the final stages of deciding on a consultant to oversee building a pipeline to pump the region’s new oil bonanza to the coast for export, a senior Kenyan energy ministry officials said on Thursday. In June, the three countries invited bids for a consultant to oversee a feasibility study and initial design for the construction of a 1,300-km (808-mile) oil pipeline to transport crude to the Kenyan coast.