Waste bricks pave road to success at Uis

WASTE bricks from NamClay Bricks at Uis have been used to pave a 500-metre stretch of road from the town’s clinic to the community hall. The road was officially opened last week by the Dâures Constituency councillor, Ernst Katjiku. ‘This is an achievement...
AfriTin celebrates first blast at Uis mine in Namibia

AfriTin celebrates first blast at Uis mine in Namibia

Tin mining company AfriTin completed the first large-scale blasting of ore at its flagship Uis tin mine in Namibia. This marks the first blasting of ore since the mine closed down in 1991. Namibia – The blast and first ore at AfriTin’s Uis mine signals the...
Namib Clay donate bricks for fire victims

Namib Clay donate bricks for fire victims

SWAKOPMUND, 30 AUG (NAMPA) – Some residents who lost their shacks to fire in Swakopmund will receive brick houses this year. This is all thanks to NamClay Bricks and Pavers from Uis settlement who donated a total of 36 288 bricks to the municipality on Tuesday....
Saving Uis One brick at a time

Saving Uis One brick at a time

Economist Nov 2015 The derelict former mining town, Uis, kept one of its most lucrative assets a secret until the father and son team behind NamClay, discovered that hard clay brick can be made from the sediment in the mine’s slimes dam. When Albert Weitz senior was...