Rwanda's Revenue From Rare Minerals Drops By Half As Production Slows

Rwanda's principal minerals -- cassiterite, wolfram and coltan -- fetched $31.6 million in revenues in the first half of 2020, down from $56.6 million in the same period last year, largely due to disruption in the sector occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic.

Sector players say mineral buyers, particularly electronic companies, halted the purchase of minerals used in the manufacture of devices for much of this year as production slowed down worldwide on account of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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