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20/10/2017

The agreement between Tanzania and Acacia mining

13/06/2017

President John Pombe Magufuli (JMP) has ordered that no more mineral sand would be shipped out of the country and asked Acacia Mining Company to 'apologize for its faults' if it is still willing to carry on with its business in the country.

He also directed the company to first of all pay the government its denied and swindled revenue because it lied to the State for a long period of time on its collections and taxes.

The president equally directed relevant authorities to see into that his orders are obeyed and implemented before the government resumes negotiations with the investor.

The president made the observation after receiving a committee report chaired by Prof Nehemiah Osoro, that was tasked alongside the first one on mineral and sand theft that has been ongoing clandestinely outside the country.

He said it was high time legal experts in the country teamed up with other institutions in the country to protect interests of investments in Tanzania, adding: "This company called Acacia, call them first and demand the embezzled money, even before you register them. When they agree and become cooperative that they have been stealing and repent,and ready to pay back, we shall be ready for negotiations. I am emphasizing that for now no more ferrying mineral sand out of the country."

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The president also directed the Minister for Constitution and Legal Affairs, Prof Palamagamba Kabudi to organize a team of honest and patriotic legal experts to verify and make necessary changes in all mining contracts and table it in Parliament for legislators to debate and make recommendations.

He further said the current mining contracts should be taken to the ongoing parliamentary sessions in Dodoma even if it would involve the legislators extending Bungee session because it is for the benefit of the country.

The President expressed dismay at Central of Tanzania commonly addressed as Bank of Tanzania (BoT) for having been in business with Acacia and failed to notice their financial discrepancy as well as Ministry of Energy and Minerals without realizing that they are not legally registered in the country.

Making an analogy of the theft, JMP posed: "If you have your wealth for example, and you have taken your cotton abroad, and you are certain that you have ferried known tonnes, and you are satisfied... but with minerals, we are seeing them as unvalued?

The Ministry of Energy and Minerals never spotted this? You work with someone since 1997 and you direct TMAA to verify their business and you fail to ask him even a day about his legal document?

In the report, it was stated that the government incurred about 108trl/- as a result of the company(s) avoiding paying different taxes since 1998 to-date. The report was made open by Prof Nehemiah Osoro, while reading it the State House today, presided over by different government officials as well as reporters.

Prof Osoro said the amount was arrived at after his committee's calculations on the theft by the mining company(s) by cheating on their taxes paid, collections, and royalties as well as other revenue meant to the government.

The Prof further said a total of 44,277 containers with contents valued at 132.56trl/- minimum to 229.9trl/- maximum was shipped outside the country by the company(s).

He said in addition to the amount estimated of the minerals' values, data that was presented to Tanzania Minerals Audit Agency (TMAA) was not correct, with some government officials conniving in the theft.

02/06/2017

How African continent be affected for Usa withdraw to support the changes of climate

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Trump doesn't want to talk about climate change, and neither does his administration
By Miranda Green, CNN
Updated 0941 GMT (1741 HKT) June 2, 2017
Fact-checking Trump's Paris accord speech

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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 29: People gather near the U.S. Capitol for the People& #39;s Climate Movement before marching to the White House to protest President Donald Trump& #39;s enviromental policies April 29, 2017 in Washington, DC. Demonstrators across the country are gathering to demand a clean energy economy. (Photo by Astrid Riecken/Getty Images)
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Trump vs. American public on climate change
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 01: U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to announce his decision regarding the United States& #39; participation in the Paris climate agreement in the Rose Garden at the White House June 1, 2017 in Washington, DC.
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French President Emmanuel Macron arrives at the ancient Greek Theatre of Taormina during the Heads of State and of Government G7 summit, on May 26, 2017 in Sicily.
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Trump vows to pull climate funds

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Story highlights
Donald Trump has not spoken about his views on climate change
The Trump administration is reluctant to use the term
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump spent an hour Thursday talking about his commitment to economic growth and national stability as he announced the decision to back out of the Paris Climate Accord.

Missing from his 2,000 word speech: any mention of climate change.
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After famously calling climate change a "hoax" during the campaign, Trump has avoided the issue of increased man-made greenhouse gas emissions and their impact on global temperatures.
Asked Wednesday if Trump thinks human activity is contributing to climate change, White House press secretary Sean Spicer responded, "Honestly, I haven't asked him that. I can get back to you." Two White House officials avoided similar questions at a background briefing with reporters after Trump's speech Thursday. And EPA chief Scott Pruitt dodged the question in an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper.
"This is not about whether climate change is occurring or not," Pruitt said on "The Lead."
The pattern of the White House has been to turn away from the discussion of climate change without taking the step to argue directly that global warming isn't real. Instead, there is an administration-wide reluctance to avoid the topic altogether.
In recent months, Trump proposed cutting the Environmental Protection Agency budget by more than 30%. EPA has challenged scientific findings on climate change -- including by its own in-house scientists. And EPA cut climate information from its website.
Former deputy EPA administrator under President Barack Obama, Bob Perciasepe, said the Trump administration's avoidance of the term "just makes them seem out of touch with reality."
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Absent from Trump's Paris announcement: Ivanka Trump
"Climate change is happening, whether they speak about it or not," said Perciasepe, who currently serves as president of the nonprofit Center for Climate and Energy Solutions. "You can't make something not real if you just don't talk about it. It doesn't change reality -- it's just a way for them to de-emphasize something the rest of the world knows is going on."
Missing from proclamations and press releases
The examples are piling up.
On Wednesday, the White House declared June National Oceans Month and Great Outdoors Month. While the proclamations -- a relatively standard annual designation -- praised the US's oceans and natural landscapes, the language clearly differed from Obama's. Where Obama's 2016 proclamations discussed the impacts of global warming, including drought and rising sea levels, Trump's focused on energy production, fisheries management and tourism with no mention of climate change.
The administration has repeatedly circumvented any mention of those key little words.
In April, the EPA removed all climate change information from its website, saying in a press release that language on the website is being updated to "reflect the approach of new leadership."
And the administration is adopting the same reasoning in press releases. Last month, the Interior Department released a study by the U.S. Geological Survey that highlighted the link between sea-level rise and global climate change. Except the release had one thing missing -- any mention of climate change. Three of the study's scientist authors told The Washington Post that they had to ultimately delete a line from the report that read "Global climate change drives sea-level rise, increasing the frequency of coastal flooding."
Instead, the USGS release leaves the cause unmentioned. It begins: "The frequency and severity of coastal flooding throughout the world will increase rapidly and eventually double in frequency over the coming decades even with only moderate amounts of sea level rise."
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Uncertainty, but budget cuts to studies
A defense against believing humans are responsible for climate change is that scientific studies are not 100% certain -- a stance frequently used by members of the Trump administration that muddles the scientific consensus that man-made emissions are driving global warming.
"I think that measuring with precision human activity on the climate is something very challenging to do, and there's tremendous disagreement about the degree of impact," Pruitt said in a CNBC interview in March. "So, no, I would not agree that it's a primary contributor to the global warming that we see."
While the White House may be against jumping to conclusions on the available scientific studies -- with Pruitt even calling for more data from industry scientists -- the administration has done little to back up those calls monetarily. In fact, instead of spending money to further study the effects and reality, or unreality of global warming -- the administration has opted instead to cut much of the major funding that would go towards the studies.
"It is hypocritical," said Andrew Rosenberg, director for the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists. "They are complaining about uncertainty but at the same time increasing uncertainty by cutting back on ways to measure [climate change.]"
Trump pulls US from Paris accord (full speech)

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Climate change vs the economy
For many, the administration's reluctance to deal with the idea of climate change comes down to one thought -- that economic growth and climate awareness cannot go hand in hand.
"This agreement is less about the climate and more about other countries gaining a financial advantage over the United States," Trump said Thursday at the White House.
Speaking specifically about the Paris deal Thursday, notable climate skeptic Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, former chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, told MSNBC, "[Paris] would be a huge job loss for America... I don't know what would happen to our manufacturing base."
However, some experts argue instead that climate change is already benefiting the economy in the sense that it's sparking economic innovation.
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"The idea that they are operating on is that the US will be at a disadvantage if it deals with climate change. Most businesses would think that working on the climate issues can and has been creating jobs," said Perciasepe. "It can strengthen United States company's competitiveness in the global markets."
Others argue, that whether or not the Trump administration agrees there is economic growth to be had through clean fuels and tech investment -- the government is still putting the country at a disadvantage for not even acknowledging the possibilities of climate change.
"In any other areas, in managing a business that would be considered a very stupid thing to do. Caring about your health, your own personal finances, no one would make decision that way," said Rosenberg. "This is a manipulated campaign to try to avoid taking actions purely because it's inconvenient for people to accept that truth because it might undermine their business model."

26/05/2017

Tanzanian President Fires Mines Minister After Minerals Audit

Mineral-sand container audit shows exports were understated
Exports ban remains; minerals audit agency head fired
Tanzanian President John Magufuli fired Mines Minister Sospeter Muhongo after an audit of containers of mineral sands showed exports had been understated.

An investigation initiated by Magufuli in March found that 277 containers held as much as 15.5 metric tons of gold, instead of the 1.1 tons that had been declared, the president said Wednesday in a speech broadcast live on state television. Magufuli also disbanded the Tanzania Minerals Audit Agency’s board, dismissed its chief executive officer and asked the authorities to investigate those responsible.

“The energy and minerals minister’s position will be filled at a later date,” the presidency said in a statement emailed from Dar es Salaam, the commercial capital.

Magufuli banned mineral exports in March and ordered an audit of the mining industry to identify loopholes that he said result in income losses as he tries to boost revenue from the industry for the state. He’s also invited investors to build a smelter in the East African country to process its natural resources. The country is Africa’s third-biggest gold producer, with companies including AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. and Acacia Mining Plc extracting the metal, and also produces copper, iron, zinc and diamonds.

Earlier on Wednesday, Magufuli asked Muhongo to resign after receiving the report on the contents of containers seized at the port of Dar es Salaam in March.

“I really like Professor Muhongo and he is a friend of mine, but on this he needs to rethink and reassess without delay,” he said.

Acacia Plunges

The containers, which had mineral sands from mines including Buzwagi, owned by London-based Acacia, were located at a privately run terminal and awaiting customs procedures before being shipped overseas. Acacia shares dropped as much as 17 percent to 360.40 pence in London, the biggest intra-day decline since March 3. The company said it declares fully everything of commercial value and pays appropriate royalties and taxes.

The ban on unprocessed metals should remain in place, according to the eight-member committee that carried out the investigation. The government should also construct a smelter as soon as possible, it recommended.

“The government should retain the minerals-export ban until royalties reflective of the full value of the sands have been paid in full,” Abdulkarim Mruma, the committee chairman, said at the briefing on Wednesday.

The containers held as much as six tons of copper instead of the four tons declared and had many unrecorded minerals including iridium, iron and zinc, Magufuli said.

“We have been given all these natural resources, but we are giving them away for free,” he said. “This pains me a lot. It’s embarrassing.”

Magufuli has also ordered a separate probe into mineral exports over the past 19 years. That report will be ready soon, he said

16/05/2017

Mining in Africa
The African continent is home to an abundance of natural resources including diamonds, cobalt, oil, natural gas, copper, and gold among others. This section will detail the vast array of natural resources and the manner in which they are mined, processed and utilized.

Natural resources from Africa have a myriad practical applications, including industrial, manufacturing, medical, energy, and infrastructure development.

The materials we will survey here are all mined in Africa and are ubiquitous across the continent, they are largely untapped. From Nigeria to South Africa, Egypt to Ghana and everywhere in between, African resources are gaining increasing importance in a world fueled by commodity consumption.

Here we will delve into each of the aforementioned resources, providing valuable information on the rarity, prevalence, extraction techniques, and uses of various raw materials and the process of mining in Africa.

27/04/2017

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10/04/2017

plans tighter mining laws

Tanzania plans to further tighten controls on its mining sector to ensure that the country maximises the benefits from its wealth of natural resources, President John Magufuli said on Friday.

Africa’s fourth-largest gold producer also has vast deposits of natural gas, coal, diamonds, uranium and gemstones.

“Tanzania has a lot of minerals, but there have been a lot of funny deals … we have to look carefully at our laws so that we move forward as a country,” Magufuli told a news conference at State House in the country’s commercial capital, Dar es Salaam.
Magufuli said his government recently approved new mining regulations aimed at ensuring that the benefits of the mining sector are shared more equitably between multinational mining companies and the state.

Since coming to power in 2015, Magufuli has promised to root out tax evasion, corruption and mismanagement.

“Some of the gold mines even have airstrips – how do you monitor what those planes are carrying from the gold mines? … our country should not continue to be robbed.”

Gold exports alone earned Tanzania $1.27 billion in 2015, down from $1.32 billion the previous year, largely due to a fall in global commodity prices and output.

Major gold mining companies in Tanzania include Acacia Mining Plc (previously known as African Barrick Gold), which has three gold-producing mines, and AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.

Tanzania's President John Pombe Magufuli
Tanzania’s President John Pombe Magufuli
Magufuli said some mining companies export mineral sand for smelting abroad and said the country must build its own gold smelters to stop such exports.

Tanzania passed a mining law in 2010 that increased the royalty paid on minerals like gold from 3 percent to 4 percent and required the government to own a stake in future mining projects.

The Mining Act also requires mining firms to list on the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) and in September the government approved regulations to enforce that law.

All mining firms operating in Tanzania now must list on the stock exchange not later than two years after the approval of the new regulations.

30/12/2016

Dangote and investment in Tanzania

17/12/2016

Africa's Richest Man Faces Challenges In Tanzania; Shuts Down Cement Plant

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Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote has shut down his cement plant in Tanzania due to high energy costs and a technical glitch at the $500 million factory, according to a government source, who confirmed reports in Tanzanian media.

Executives at Dangote Industries Tanzania have recently complained about the government’s failure to provide the company with cheap fuel and other logistical solutions. Dangote Cement had previously requested the government-owned energy company, the Tanzania petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC), to supply its Mtwara-based cement plant with natural gas at significantly subsidized prices - a request the government body turned down.

Dangote cement spends as much as $4 million on diesel every month powering its cement factory.

“Our plant uses six million liters of diesel per month to run generators after the promises to supply it with natural gas, which is produced in a nearby gas field, failed to materialize,” Dangote Tanzania CEO, Harpeet Duggal, had told a group of politicians in October.

Dangote's plant was strategically built in Mtwara, in Tanzania’s southeastern region, to take advantage of cheap natural gas that is extracted in nearby fields. While the previous government led by former President Jakaya Kikwete had promised Dangote cheaper prices for natural gas, the TPDC under the government of President John Magufuli has refused to honor the agreement. In a bid to mitigate its energy costs, Dangote Industries has resorted to importing coal from South Africa, which is cheaper than natural gas – a move that has greatly upset top government officials in the Magufuli-led government, primarily because Tanzania also possesses substantial deposits of coal. In August, the government banned the importation of coal from South Africa – a move that pundits believe was specifically targeted at Dangote. The Tanzanian government has repeatedly requested that the cement behemoth source its coal locally, but Dangote executives have complained that the coal, which is mined from Songwe region, hundreds of kilometers away from Mtwara, is of poor quality and unreasonably expensive.

However, the acting commissioner of minerals in the Ministry of Energy and minerals, John Shija, has defended Tanzania’s coal as being better than imported coal both in terms of quality and price.

“While coal produced in Tanzania is sold at $90 per ton with transportation costs included, coal from South Africa is sold at between $103 and $118 per ton – transportation costs included, “ Shija told a group of journalists on Thursday at a press conference in Dar es salaam on Wednesday.

“We have banned the importation of coal to secure our local coal which is also better than the others in quality,” he said.

An official at Dangote Industries Tanzania who refused to be named because he has no authority to speak on the matter, says that by shutting down the plant, Dangote expects to coerce government officials to make good on the incentives the previous government promised the company last year.

However, in a separate press conference on Wednesday, Tanzania’s Minister for Industry, Trade and Investment, Charles Mwijage, said that Dangote Cement is still enjoying the same incentives it was promised when the company was invited to invest in Tanzania.

Addressing a press conference on Thursday, Mwijage said the new government under President John Magufuli didn't do away with any of the investment incentives which were granted by former President Jakaya Kikwete's government to Dangote.

The minister however didn't outline the incentives during the press conference.

There are reports that the current government is of the view that some of the incentives accorded to Dangote Industries Tanzania Limited to construct its $500 million cement factory were unjustifiable and had to be scrapped. The refusal by the government to continue granting Dangote incentives such as exemptions on import duty for diesel and generous tax holidays among other things have led to what the company sees as overly high production cost.

"Of course, it is difficult to fulfill an investor's wishes by 100 per cent... indeed many wish for more and more tax reliefs, but a law was passed to control tax incentives by the last regime in 2014," the minister said.

But a highly placed source at the Tanzanian Presidency confided in this reporter claims that Dangote Cement is caught up in political infighting – a crossfire between the previous and current administration.

“Under the Kikwete administration, senior officials at the Tanzania Investment Center (TIC) – the organization which promotes investment in Tanzania, gave Dangote some ridiculous tax holidays and a string of other unreasonable incentives. President Magufuli has reason to believe that the TIC officials might have been compromised by Dangote and his top employees, and so the President has asked for some of those incentives to be scrapped. Magufuli was really upset when he learned of some of the privileges Dangote Cement was enjoying, and it is important to note that most of these incentives were not even constitutional. Since the President scrapped them, Dangote is upset and is now trying to sabotage the government by closing down the plant,” the source said.

In April this year, President Magufuli fired Juliet Kairuki, the Executive Director of the Tanzania Investment Center who is believed to have played a pivotal role in helping secure some of those incentives for Dangote Industries Tanzania. The office of the President never explicitly stated why President Magufuli fired her. A spokesperson for the Tanzania Investment Center declined to comment.

Dangote Cement employs more than 10,000 people in Tanzania and the company claims to have a 22% market share in the East African country. Dangote continues to face stiff competition from Twiga cement which is owned by Germany’s Heilderbergcement, and Tanga Cement - the two dominant cement producers in Tanzania.

Aliko Dangote, founder of Dangote Cement, remains Africa’s richest man with a fortune estimated at $11.4 billion.

21/09/2016

LARGE-SCALE MINING BY FOREIGNERS INVESTORS HAS BECOME one of the most controversial issues in Africa in recent years.
Three aspects stand out as particularly contested : over-generous incentive packages which have resulted in limited goverment income from large-scale mining; and the plights of local communities affected by large scale mining

The massive mining investments came as a result of advice from the world Bank Group(WBG) in the 1980s and 1990s, encouraging developingng countries to liberalize and to be investor-friendly.
In some cases,revision of existing legislation was a premises for continued loans.

Also according to Abraham Kumah "Sustainability and gold mining in the developing world fournal of cleanera production" state that In Africa 35 countries rewrote their mining and investment codes and investors quickly responded to the new opportunity offered by democratic, politica stable countries like Tanzania and Zambia
It was envisage that mining would be a key driver for growth, and that the industry would eventually help eradicate poverty and make African countries independent of foreign aid
However,despite relatively large mineral production, mining has contributed little to the economic and social development of the new mining countries in Africa.

According to ~chris ballard and glenn banks "RESOURCES WARS: the anthripology of mining" On the contrary poverty and corruption have increased

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