Apple in conflict mineral crackdown

A report by Amnesty International and Global Witness alleges that nearly 80% of US firms are failing to adequately check their supply chains for conflict minerals.

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Kunugula Ignas is a mineral Processing Engineer working with the Mineral Resource Institute (MRI) in Dodoma as head of research, consultation and the short courses department.

This is the first instalment of an article on the political economy of reforming the mineral sector in Tanzania

Mirerani mineral dealer gets shot
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A MINERAL dealer, Mr Daudi Madaha, who specialises with the Tanzanite Gemstones trading, was shot in the chest while relaxing at a drinking pub in the Zaire township of Mirerani mining hills in Simanjiro District. The Manyara Regional Police Commander ...

In this week we continue to look at the efforts undertaken by the government of Tanzania in creating a sustainable conducive investment environment in the mineral sector with the challenges and pitfalls that the politics of reforming the mining industry in Tanzania came with.

Abraham Nkya is a geologist currently working as a tutor at the Mineral Resources Institute(MRI) in Dodoma.