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href="/wiki/Buzwagi_Gold_Mine" title="Buzwagi Gold Mine">Buzwagi Gold Mine</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Tanzania" title="Tanzania">Tanzania</a> is a land rich in minerals. Mining makes up more than 50% of the country's total exports, of which a large part comes from <a href="/wiki/Gold" title="Gold">gold</a>. The country has gold reserves of 10 million ounces, generating revenue of over a billion USD.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Diamond" title="Diamond">Diamonds</a> are also found in significant amounts. Since it was opened in 1940, the <a href="/wiki/Williamson_diamond_mine" title="Williamson diamond mine">Williamson diamond mine</a> has produced 19 million <a href="/wiki/Carat_(mass)" title="Carat (mass)">carats</a> (3,800 kg) of diamonds. Gemstones, <a href="/wiki/Nickel" title="Nickel">nickel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Copper" title="Copper">copper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uranium" title="Uranium">uranium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kaolin" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaolin">kaolin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Titanium" title="Titanium">titanium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cobalt" title="Cobalt">cobalt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Platinum" title="Platinum">platinum</a> are also mined in Tanzania. <a href="/wiki/Illegal_mining" title="Illegal mining">Illegal mining</a> and corruption are ongoing problems. In 2017, the government passed a series of bills aimed at increasing revenue from minerals after a scandal which caused the dismissal of the Minister for Energy and Minerals. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mining_industry_of_Tanzania&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although the mining industry was originally government owned and controlled, the mining laws were relaxed in the 1980s and 1990s to allow for private ownership of mining claims and the introduction of foreign companies. In 2008, the mining industry employed an estimated one million people in artisanal operations, although an accurate figure is difficult to obtain given the nature of the industry.<sup id="cite_ref-world_bank_book_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-world_bank_book-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2011, the contribution of the mining sector to the economy rose by 2.1% above the 2010 figure of 2.7%. As of 2011, there were 50,000 <a href="/wiki/Artisanal_mining" title="Artisanal mining">artisanal miners</a> involved in the mining of colored gemstones. In 2015 the <a href="/wiki/World_Bank" title="World Bank">World Bank</a> offered Tanzania a <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$</span>45 million loan to improve the small scale mining industry in rural Tanzania.<sup id="cite_ref-45_million_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45_million-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production_and_impact">Production and impact</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mining_industry_of_Tanzania&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Production and impact"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Illegal_mining" title="Illegal mining">Illegal mining</a> is prevalent in Tanzania, and poses a significant risk to those undertaking the practice. In 2015, a tunnel collapsed in an illegal mine near the <a href="/wiki/Bulyanhulu_Gold_Mine" title="Bulyanhulu Gold Mine">Bulyanhulu Gold Mine</a>, killing 19 people.<sup id="cite_ref-reuters_19_dead_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reuters_19_dead-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Employees at smaller mines in Tanzania have to deal with significantly poorer ventilation than their counterparts at larger operations. Exposure to silica at a small mine is more than two hundred times that at a larger site, while overall airborne silica exposure is more than three hundred times the limit set by <a href="/wiki/National_Institute_for_Occupational_Safety_and_Health" title="National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health">NIOSH</a> in the United States. Tuberculosis in Tanzanian miners is significantly higher than the country's average.<sup id="cite_ref-silica_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-silica-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legal_framework">Legal framework</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mining_industry_of_Tanzania&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Legal framework"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mining was strictly controlled and operated by the government during the 1970s and 1980s. Mining claims were then opened up to individuals, which sparked the small scale mining industry of Tanzania. In the 1990s, the laws were further relaxed to encourage the introduction of companies who would export the mining products,<sup id="cite_ref-world_bank_book_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-world_bank_book-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and investment by international mining companies which opened up large scale mining operations.<sup id="cite_ref-45_million_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45_million-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Notable legislation for the mining industry includes the 1997 Mineral Policy, the 1998 Mineral Act and the 2010 Mineral Act.<sup id="cite_ref-tcme.or.tz_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tcme.or.tz-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The latest piece of legislation granted the mining company a higher percentage of royalties on gold and base metals, rough diamonds, colored gemstones, uranium and other minerals; made it mandatory for mining companies to be listed on the stock exchange and gave the government a stake in all new mining projects. Tanzania has accepted the <a href="/wiki/Kimberley_Process_Certification_Scheme" title="Kimberley Process Certification Scheme">Kimberley Process Certification Scheme</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-USGS_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USGS-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tanzania's president, John Magufuli, imposed new laws on the mining industry in 2017, including higher taxes on mineral exports and allowing the government to have a higher stake in some mining operations. These laws have been slowing investment in the sector.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commodities">Commodities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mining_industry_of_Tanzania&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Commodities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The mining industry makes a significant contribution to the <a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Tanzania" title="Economy of Tanzania">Tanzanian economy</a>, mainly through the extraction of <a href="/wiki/Copper_mining" class="mw-redirect" title="Copper mining">copper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gold_mining" title="Gold mining">gold</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Silver_mining" title="Silver mining">silver</a>, along with some industrial minerals and gemstones such as <a href="/wiki/Diamond_mining" class="mw-redirect" title="Diamond mining">diamonds</a>. International mining companies dominate the industry in the extraction of gold and diamonds, with additional small scale mining operations scattered across the country.<sup id="cite_ref-world_bank_book_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-world_bank_book-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tanzania is the fourth-largest gold miner in Africa behind <a href="/wiki/Mining_industry_of_South_Africa" title="Mining industry of South Africa">South Africa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mining_industry_of_Mali" title="Mining industry of Mali">Mali</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mining_industry_of_Ghana" title="Mining industry of Ghana">Ghana</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-reuters_19_dead_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reuters_19_dead-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 2010 accounted for 2% of the world's gold output.<sup id="cite_ref-USGS_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USGS-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fuel mineral under extraction is <a href="/wiki/Natural_gas" title="Natural gas">natural gas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-USGS_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USGS-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tanzanite" title="Tanzanite">Tanzanite</a> is an exclusive product of the country. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mines">Mines</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mining_industry_of_Tanzania&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Mines"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manyoni_mine" title="Manyoni mine">Manyoni mine</a> (Uranium)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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