On this page, we strive to maintain an up-to-date, comprehensive list of published research and grey literature on Malawi’s mining sector. These are listed alphabetically per year or decade.

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2018

Malawi Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (MWEITI). (June 2018) MWEITI Report 2015/2016.

Fandamu, M.N. and Fandamu, H. (2018). The Effects of Sand Mining on Poverty Status in Malawi: A Case Study of Lilongwe Urban. International Journal of Social Sciences, Humanities and Education, 2(2).

2017

Adam Smith International/International Women in Mining. (2017). Women in Mining, Can a mining law unlock the potential of women? (Malawi and Sierra Leone focus)

Broom-Fendley, S. (2017). Geology, geochemistry and geochronology of the Songwe Hill carbonatite, Malawi. Journal of African Earth Sciences 134: 10-23.

Hubert, D., Kirkwood, D., and Etter-Phoya, R. (2017). Malawi’s troubled oil sector: licences, contracts and their implications. Oxfam Malawi.

Malawi Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (MWEITI). (April 2017). MWEITI Report 2014/2015.

Malema, KGF. (2017). The Working Conditions in The Mining Sector: The Case of Mchenga and Kaziwiziwi Coal Mines in Malawi. Open Science Journal 2(1).

2016

Etter-Phoya, R., and Malunga, G. (2016). Kayelekera Uranium Mine Financial Model and Narrative Report. OpenOil.

Hubert, D. (2016). Future mining revenues for Malawi: A case study of Mkango’s Songwe Hill Project. Oxfam Malawi

Malawi – Mining Law 2016, Felisah Rose Kilembe, International Comparative Legal Guides

Publish What You Pay Malawi. (2016). Making Minerals Meaningful: An Analysis of Malawi’s Mines and Minerals Bill in light of the African Mining Vision.

Publish What You Pay Malawi. (2016). Narrative Annual Report From April 2015 to June 2016.

Regional Network for Equity in Health in East and Southern Africa. (2016). Corporate responsibility for health in the extractive sector in East and Southern Africa. Discussion Paper 108.

Yasidu, U., Maneya, G., Fujii, Y., Fukuda, D., and Kodama, J. (2016). Roof fall Accidents during Rainy Season in Underground Coal Mines in Malawi. The Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan.

Yasidu, U., Maneya, G., and Fujii, Y. (2016). Coal mining in Malawi: towards economic diversification. The Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan, 3(1).

2015

ActionAid International. (June 2015) An Extractive Affair: How one Australian mining company’s tax dealings are costing the world’s poorest country millions. With Paladin Energy’s response to this report and correspondence with ActionAid International here.

BRGM (the French Geological Survey). (April 2015). Georesources of Malawi: a pre-assessment. Geological Survey Department.

Chareyron, Bruno. (February 2015). Impact of Kayelekera Uranium Mine, Malawi. ejolt report 21.

Danish Institute for Human Rights/Citizens for Justice. (August 2015). Human Rights and Business Country Guide Malawi.

Etter-Phoya, R. (2015). Formalising for Development: Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in Malawi’s Draft Mining Legislation.

Gilbert, D. (2015). Malawian Voices, Malawi’s Natural Resources: Extractive Industries Listening Exercise.

Lindskog, D. (2015). The Resource Curse on a Micro Level: A Case Study of Mining in Malawi. Bachelor Thesis. Lund University.

Malunga, G. and Phalira, W. (July 2015). Assessment of Mining Policy Implementation in Malawi Sutdy Report. Centre for Environmental Policy and Advocacy.

Salcito, Kendyl and Wielga, Mark. (2015).  Kayelekera Human Rights Impact Assessment Monitoring Summary. NomoGaia.

Scottish Malawi Partnership. (2015). Understanding the landscape of extractive industries in Malawi: a listening exercise. Members Briefing Paper.

2014

Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace. (August 2014) Comparative Analysis – Land Displacement, Involuntary Resettlement & Compensation Practices in Mining Sector.

Chareyron, Bruno. (November 2014). Uranium mining: Unveiling the impacts of the nuclear industry. ejolt report 15.

Dinkelmann, Taryn, and Martin Mariotti. (March 2014). What are the long run effects of labor migration on human capital? Evidence from Malawi. Draft.

Kachika, T. (December 2014). Gender assessment of the extractive industries in Malawi. United Nations Women.

Malunga, Grain W.P. (2014). An Analysis of Mineral Resources of Malawi. ISBN 978-99908-950-0-1

NCA, ActionAid, CEPA. (March 2014). Joint baseline study on mining sector.

Patry, Marc and Peter Howard. (May 2014). Mission Report: Reactive Monitoring Mission to Lake Malawi National Park (Malawi) 30th March to 4th April 2014. UNESCO World Heritage Centre.

2013

Developing Markets Associates. (2013). Investing in Malawi 2013.

Gamula, Gregory E.T., Hui, Liu & Peng, Wuyuan. (2013). An Overview of the Energy Sector in Malawi. Energy and Power Engineering 5: 8-17.

Gilbert, Daniel. (November 2013). Lake Nyasa/Malawi: an instance of international customary (water) law and colonial-era bilateral treaties. EI Sourcebook. Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy, University of Dundee.

Kamlongera, Paul Justice. (2013). The mining boom in Malawi: implications for community development. Community Development Journal 48(3): 377-390.

Malunga, Grain W. P. (2013). Earth Science and Human Geography for Malawi. ISBN 99908-911-9-2.

Masebo, Wilfred. (February 2013). Backgrounder: The Kayelekera Uranium Mine and economic development in Malawi. Africa Portal 53.

Mlenga, Joe. (February 2013). The role of the Malawi media in the Malawi-Tanzania border dispute. Practitioner Notes No. 1. Centre for Mediation in Africa, University of Pretoria.

Mzembe, Andrew Ngawenja & Meaton, Julia. (2013). Driving corporate social responsibility in the Malawian mining industry: A stakeholder perspective. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management Online Early View.*

Nomogaia. 2013. Human Rights Impact Assessment and Monitoring of Kayelekera Uranium Mine 2009-2013.

Norwegian Church Aid/Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace. (June 2013). Malawi’s mining opportunity: Increasing revenues, improving legislation. Curtis Research.

The Nation. (2 June 2013). Battle lines drawn: An examination of the conflict involving local people, miners and conservationists over Mulanje Mountain. Exclusive Inquiry.

The Nation. (14 April 2013). The Malawi-Tanzania border dispute: Voices from the frontier. Exclusive Inquiry.

Tilitonse Fund. (May 2013). Political economy analysis of mining in Malawi. Final Report.

Yager, Thomas R. (May 2013). The Mineral Industry of Malawi. 2011 Minerals Yearbook. United States Geological Survey.

2012

Bloomfield, K. (202). A Geologist in Nyasaland. The Society of Malawi Journal 65(1), 10-19.*

Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace. (December 2012). Mapping of Extractive Companies in Malawi.

Chikaya Banda, J. (December 2012). A report about oil exploration and production in Malawi: Policy and legal audit. Citizens for Justice.

Chinoko, Mike. (May 2012). Mitigation of legal risks in project finance: Lessons for Malawi. LLM Thesis. University of Pretoria.

Dasnois, Nicolas. (September 2012). Uranium mining in Africa: A continent at the centre of a global nuclear renaissance. Occasional Paper 122. South African Institute of International Affairs.

Gondwe, Kondwani, Allen, Alistair, Georgsson, Lúdvík S., Loga, Ufulu and Gift Tsokonombwe. (2012). Geothermal development in Malawi – a country update.

Maneya, George Jameson. (2012). An integrated study of coal geology and potential Environmental Impact Assessment at Mchenga Coal Mine in Livingstonia Coalfield in Malawi. MSc (Geology) thesis. University of Fort Hare.

Mzembe, Andrew. (2012). Corporate Social Responsibility in Malawi: Case Studies of the Mining and Agricultural Industries. Doctoral thesis, The University of Huddersfield.*

Nsiku, Nelson. (December 2012). Assessing investment incentives in Malawi. Policy Brief. Trade Knowledge Network/International Institute for Sustainable Development.

Malawi Ministry of Energy and Mines. Facebook Page. Last updated in November 2012.

2011

ten Kate, Albert & Wilde-Ramsing, Joseph. (February 2011). Radioactive revenues: Financial flows between uranium mining companies and African governments. SOMO Working Papers Series. Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations/World Information Service on Energy.

Citizens for Justice and Friends of the Earth. (May 2011). Uranium Mining in Malawi: Perspectives on National Legislation – The license to loot and plunder

Citizens for Justice and Friends of the Earth. (May 2011). Scramble for the Yellow Cake in Malawi

Hilson, Gavin. (2011). Artisanal Mining, Smallholder Farming and Economic Development in Rural sub-Saharan Africa: An Introduction. Journal of International Development 23(8): 1031-1041.*

Kamlongera, Paul Justice. (2011). Making the poor ‘poorer’ or alleviating poverty? Artisanal mining livelihoods in rural Malawi. Journal of International Development 23(8): 1128-1139.*

Kamlongera, Paul Justice & Hilson, Gavin. (2011). Poverty alleviation in rural Malawi: Is there a role for artisanal mining? Journal of East African Studies 5(1): 42-69.*

Ministry of Development Planning and Cooperation. (2011). Annual economic report 2011. Government of Malawi.

Ministry of Finance and Development Cooperation. (October 2011). Malawi EITI: Processes and work done in the EITI debate in Malawi.

United States Geological Survey. (October 2011). 2010 minerals yearbook: Malawi. Advance Release.

2010

Boylan, Jessie. (March 2010). Paladin to Set Uranium ‘Standard’ in Malawi. Chain Reaction 108: 40-41.*

Guastoni, Alessandro, Kondo, David & Nestola, Fabrizio. (2010). Bastnäsite-(Ce) and Parisite-(Ce) From Mt. Malosa, Malawi. Gems and Gemology 46(1): 42-47.*

Kachale, Mary. (2010). The efficacy of international regulation of uranium mining: Malawi as a case study. Commonwealth Law Bulletin 36(4): 653-677.*

Kenani James. (2010). Taxation of foreign investments in Malawi: Lessons from Japan. Yokohama National University. MPRA Paper 28191.

Wielga, Mark, Salcito, Kendyl, & Wise, Elizabeth. (November 2010). Paladin Energy Human Rights Impact Assessment: Kayelekera Uranium Project of Karonga District, north Malawi. NomoGaia. DRAFT.

2009

KPMG India. (2009). Blantyre, Malawi: Potential opportunities for investment.

Lall, Somik V., Wang, Hyoung & Munthali, Thomas. (November 2009). Explaining High Transport Costs within Malawi: Bad Roads or Lack of Trucking Competition? Policy Research Working Paper 5133. World Bank.

Mshali, Rodney. (2009). Mineral resources of Malawi and mining potential. The Society of Malawi Journal 62(2): 27-35.*

World Bank. (July 2009). Malawi mineral sector review: Source of economic growth and development. Report No. 50160-MW.

2008

Christian Aid. (May 2008). Malawi: the way forward? In Death and taxes: the true toll of tax dodging: 17-18.

The Benchmarks Foundation. (2008). Corporate Social Responsibility and the Mining Sector in Southern Africa: A Focus on Mining in Malawi, South Africa and Zambia. The Policy Gap Series.

2007

Bowden, R. A. & Shaw, R. P. (2007). The Kayelekera uranium deposit, Northern Malawi: past exploration activities, economic geology and decay series disequilibrium. Applied Earth Science 116(2): 55-67.*

Dill, H.G. (2007). A review of mineral resources in Malawi: With special reference to aluminium variation in mineral deposits. Journal of African Earth Sciences 47(3): 153-173.*

Hajat, Rafiq. (June 2007). Malawi and its minerals: are Malawians benefiting? Resource Insight 2. Southern Africa Resource Watch.

Hajat, Rafiq. (2007). Kayelekera: The uranium saga. Institute for Policy Interaction.

2006

Dulanya, Zuze. (2006). Geothermal resources of Malawi – an overview. Thirty-First Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering
Stanford University, Stanford, California, January 30-February 1, 2006.

Mudd, Gavin M., & Smith, Howard D. (November 2006). Comments on the proposed Kayelekera Uranium Project Environmental Impact Assessment Report. Monash University.

2005

Nuclear Monitor. (November 2005). Concerns over uranium mining in Malawi. 638. World Information Service on Energy.

2001

Dreschler, Bernd. (2001) Small-scale mining and sustainable development within the SADC region, Country Study including Malawi commissioned by Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development. International Institute for Environment and Development.

2000

Chipofya, V.H. (2000). Situation analysis on effect of coal mining in the mitigation of deforestation in Malawi. Presented at World Renewable Energy Congress 6, Brighton, United Kingdom 1-7 July 2000.*

Chipofya, V.H., Gondwe, M., Mapila, S., and Chinula, L. (2000). Impact of coal mining on the quality of air and water around Mchenga coal mine, Rumphi district, Malawi. Malawi Journal of Science and Technology 5: 50-55.*

Mills, Jack. (2000). A technical discussion of mining operations in the lime and cement industries of Zambia and Malawi. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham.

1990s

Chirwa, Wiseman Chijere. (1998). Aliens and AIDS in southern Africa: The Malawi-South Africa debate. African Affairs 97(386): 53-79.*

Malunga, Grain W.P., Samama, Jean-Claude & Houot, Robert. (1991). Rare earths potential in Malawi. Materials Science Forum: 193-204.*

Potts, Richard. (October 1999). An NSF/ICDP Workshop on Scientific Drilling on Lakes Malawi and Tanganyika Workshop Report. Lake Malawi Drilling Project.

Wall, F. & Mariano, A.N. (1996). Rare earth minerals in carbonatites: A discussion centered on the Kangankunde Carbonatite, Malawi. In Rare Earth Minerals: Chemistry, Origin and Ore Deposits, (eds.) A.P. Jones, Frances Wall, C.T. Williams.*

1980s

Ericsson, Magnus. (1987) The mining industry of Malawi. Minerals & Energy – Raw Materials Report 5(2): 44-47.*

1970s

Office of the Geographer, Bureau of Intelligence and Research. (13 August 1971). Malawi-Mozambique Boundary. International Boundary Study 112. Department of State, United States of America.

Mayall, James. (1973). The Malawi-Tanzania boundary dispute. The Journal of Modern African Studies, 11(4): 611-628.*

1960s

Office of the Geographer, Bureau of Intelligence and Research. (1964). Malawi-Tanzania (Tanganyika and Zanzibar) Boundary. International Boundary Study 37. Department of State, United States of America.