Just How Much Gold Does Tanzania Have?
According to The East African, the question of how much gold mining firms are taking out of Tanzania and whether the country is getting its fair share of revenues, continue to divide opinion after President John Magufuli's Minerals Saga report, which said mining firms are failing to report the actual figures of minerals they are producing.
-
Tanzania:
Just How Much Gold Does Tanzania Have?
East African, 5 June 2017
The question of how much gold mining firms are taking out of Tanzania, and whether the country is getting its fair share of revenues, continued to draw divided opinion. Read more »
Gold is commonly formed into bars for use in monetary exchange.
InFocus
-
The firm's shares have sharply dropped for the second day in a row, falling to their lowest level in more than a year after it was accused of under-reporting the amount of metal in ... Read more »
-
A probe team formed by President John Magufuli has revealed how the mining industry and some government officials have colluded to defraud government. The report has caused a ... Read more »
-
The firm has reiterated that it fully declares everything of commercial value that it produces and says that it pays all appropriate royalties and taxes on all of the payable ... Read more »
-
Tanzania:
Graves, Magufuli, Mineral Sands and Muhongo
Citizen, 28 May 2017
When President John Magufuli was told to revisit scandal-laden former regimes, he said he'd not exhume graves for the fear of not being able to re-cover them. It's as if Abyssus… Read more »
-
Tanzania:
How Sand Exports Failed Nation
Daily News, 28 May 2017
The mineral sand report that was presented to President Magufuli, last Wednesday, has painted a scenario of Tanzanians dying of thirst while their legs are submerged in water. Read more »