"Government Warns Tibet Hima Company Over Safety Concerns"

Technocrats in the Directorate of Geological Survey and Mines (DGSM)...have ordered Tibet Hima Industry Mining Company Ltd to halt its activities over safety concerns...In the recent Internal Mines Inspection report...the technocrats noted that Tibet Hima Mining Company flouting all the terms of the concession agreement. “We recommend that Tibet Hima Industry Mining Company Ltd  halt mining activities until it has put in place adequate occupational health and safety provisions, which include proper underground ventilation, provision of relevant protective gear to mine workers, safety and precautionary signage in underground workings, a processing plant and in all concession projects,” the report reads. “Miners were found working without protective gears which is dangerous to their health and as regards to mining best practices, it was also evident that mining methods being used did not cater for sustainable exploitation of Uganda’s mineral resources,” the report elaborates.

Tibet Hima Industry Mining Company, a consortium of Chinese companies was awarded a concession to revive the mining activities at Kilembe copper mines, process copper and associated minerals to final products in 2013...

According to  Alex Kwatampora, the Project Manager at Tibet Hima Mining Company, the report do reflect on the gaps in their activities but they have since rectified the problems... “Yes we had some gaps at the time of inspection, but we have corrected them. We have recruited new mine engineers and provided all workers with protective gear in line with the recommendations,” he explained to Oil in Uganda.