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Tuesday 18 August 2026

Kampala Bureau

ISSN 2960-4471

Vol. VI

Tuesday 18 August 2026Kampala Bureau · ISSN 2960-4471Vol. VI

Callum Reidy

Energy & Commodities Reporter

Callum reports on energy inputs, power contracts and the decarbonisation cost base of hard-rock mining, alongside tailings management and mine closure provisioning.

Articles by Callum Reidy

01Energy · 4 August 2026Power contracts and gold mine decarbonisationDiesel displacement and long-dated renewable supply agreements are cutting emissions faster than any offset programme, and they cut costs too.
02Environment · 28 July 2026Tailings reprocessing: opportunity and hazardOld dumps contain recoverable gold and legacy contamination in the same tonne. Who ends up owning the residue is the question nobody answers up front.
03Governance · 24 July 2026Closure provisioning in gold mine accountsRehabilitation estimates are discounted, deferred and revised upward at almost every operation that has reached closure. The pattern is now the base case.