Geologists call on new govt to capitalise on minerals

>Tanzania Coalition of Debts and Development (TCDD) wants the Parliament to be empowered so that it can intervene whenever the government wants to borrow.

Members of the Tanzania Natural Resources Forum (TNRF) at the weekend urged the fifth phase government to consider adopting the AU and FAO voluntary guidelines on improvement in natural resource governance.

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Tanzanian businesses should capitalise on contacts they got during the second Tanzania-China business forum to create lasting and productive networks with their Chinese counterparts.

Pinda urges Tanzanians to capitalise on African rights court
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Ooutgoing Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda has urged Tanzanians to capitalise on the presence of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (AFCHPR) in the country. The Premier called upon those whose rights have been infringed to optimally make ...

>Tanzania Revenues Authority (TRA) wants to review all contracts signed between the government and investors in the lucrative gas and mining sector so that the country collects more revenue from them. However, already there is concern that if not well handled, the move could create uncertainty and fear among foreign investors.

 Since 1995, when Jeffrey Sachs and Andrew Warner published their influential study claiming that natural resource abundance has a strong negative impact on growth, the term “resource curse” has been associated with mineral wealth in developing countries.

>The government has started auctioning over Sh100 million worth minerals it confiscated at three airports, an official with the Tanzania Minerals Audit Agency (TMAA) has said.

The Tanzania Chamber of Minerals and Energy (TCME) has warned that the recent intrusion by illegal and small-scale miners in mining areas will have negative impacts on investors interested in the sector.