Tanzania: Has begun the Refinery of one of Africa’s enormous Gold in Mwanza twitches for Global Criteria

By Abdul Rahman Bangura–

NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone- Gold biggest foreign exchange revenue, it could no longer export raw gold. The refinery can process up to 480kg of gold per day. Professor Florens Luoga – Bank Governor of Tanzania has applauded the State Mining Corporation (Stamico) for permitting Tanzania to commence sifting gold to international criteria.

Professor Luoga exhorted the refinery to develop an accreditation certificate to permit the Bank to start purchasing refined gold as part of its foreign budgets.

“Given the production capacity of this plant, I believe that it will be able to refine all locally mined gold as well as those from neighboring countries. The final product will bear the originality mark from Tanzania, and hence promote Tanzania overseas,” the Governor said.

Tanzania’s gold shipment hit the $3 billion record for the first time as the price of the valuable metal improved in the world market. According to the Bank of Tanzania, the cost of the exports gold to $3.025 billion in the year ending March 31st, 2021 correlated with $2.324 billion listed recently.

Gold began enticing greater prices in 2020 pursuing the outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) that disrupted financial activities and needs around the world. As monetary markets were pummel by the pandemic, investors scrambled for gold which they deem as one of the safe-haven investments.

For New Africa Daily News Abdul Rahman Bangura Reports,  Africa Correspondent

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