A draft policy circulated by the Ministry of Mining would tie royalty rates to global commodity prices and earmark a third of receipts for county governments.

A year into the formalisation drive, registration is running well behind target — and the miners who have signed up say the promised benefits have yet to arrive.

Regulators trial blockchain-based provenance as EU buyers tighten supply-chain rules.

A plain-English read of royalties, local content, and the new community development agreements.