The mining site is owned by PIRAN Resources Limited, a South African mining company operating in Rwanda.
The 2018 African Mining Legislation Atlas (AMLA)’has brought together about 120 participants from across the world including government officials, private sector representatives, NGOs, international organizations such the World Bank, the African Union Commission, Academics, and 61 advanced law students and legal professionals from 23 African universities and 19 African countries.
Held at Kigali Serena Hotel, the ten-day workshop is discussing issues around the sustainable development of Africa’s mining sector.
On Sunday, law students at the workshop and other participants drove to Rwamagana District and were shown how mining business is done in PIRAN Resources Limited, how employees’ rights and how laws governing the mining industry are respected in the Company.
PIRAN Resources Limited was founded in 1935 by Belgians but it was bought by the South African business people after Rwanda got independence from Belgium. Now it has 1200 employees of whom 900 are in cooperatives.
The mining site of PIRAN Resources Ltd in Mwurire is rich in cassiterite, tantalum and wolframite while there is Coltan in Ntunga Mineral site also owned by Piran Resources Limited. It produces over 20T of mines per month.
The Exploration Geologist at Piran Resources Limited, Justin Uwiringiyimana said: “In this company, we have got so many employees and we strive to enhance their protection as required in the mining law. But also, we strive to respect employment contracts on salary, life insurance and other requirements as required by the law.”
“Before, we used to extract mines illegally but we have now set the line of operations in respect of the law. We started by doing traditional mining but we have now started using modern technology as we use modern machines in extracting,” Uwiringiyimana added.
The African Mining Legislation Atlas (AMLA) is a program initiated by the World Bank in 2013. It occurs on a yearly basis with the help of an African University- which was the University of Kigali this year, and implemented in partnership with the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF), the African Development Bank (AFDB) and the African Union Commission (AUC) ), and several African law faculties.
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