Nigeria’s Dangote to invest in Tanzania’s coal mine

While it is a global practice that villagers living near mining sites benefit from improved social services, for Tunduwalo villagers in Mbinga District, it is quite different.

I first learned briefly about Tancoal, the coal mining plant near Ruanda, a joint venture owned by an agency of the Tanzanian Government (30 per cent) and Intra Energy Corporation (IEC), an Australia company (70 per cent), prior to moving here in 2013.

Richland Resources Ltd will be undertaking a strategic review of its operations, as profit at its Mererani tanzanite mine at Block C continues to be hit by illegal mining and smuggling operations.

Nigerian businessman Aliko Dangote says he will invest $2.3bn (£1.35bn) in the north of the country, where an insurgency has sparked international concern.

Tajiri wa kwanza Afrika, Aliko Dangote, amekiri kuwa bado ana mpango wa kuinunua club ya Arsenal licha ya kushindwa kufanya hivyo mwaka 2010. Dangote mwenye utajiri wa dola bilioni 15.7 (£10.38bn) anawazidi walimiki wa sasa wa club hiyo, Stan Kroenke (£3.7bn) na Alisher Usmanov (£9.65bn). “Bado nina matumaini, siku moja kwa bei sahihi kwamba nitainunua […]

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