DODOMA: TANZANIA has outlined ambitious plans to strengthen its mining sector, aiming to become the main mineral trading hub ...

Tanzanian gemstone miner Tanzanite One has agreed to pay compensation and overdue taxes to the government after unspecified violations led to losses in public revenues, the president’s office said.

A subsistence miner in Tanzania has become a multi-millionaire overnight after selling the two largest tanzanite gemstones ever found. Saniniu Laizer, 52, received a cheque for 7.74 billion Tanzanian ...

A small-scale miner from Tanzania become an overnight millionaire on Wednesday after he sold two rough tanzanite gemstones said to be the largest ever found in the country. Saniniu Laizer, 52, ...

We arrive at Tanzanite One on a cool September morning. The drive from the nearest town, Arusha, was not too long, but the last stretch on a gravel road littered with ditches made the hairs on the ...

Smuggling is denying Tanzania some 80 percent of receipts accrued from Tanzanite – a precious gemstone so far only found in the country from which it derives its name. "While Tanzania exported only ...

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania's president ordered the military on Wednesday to build walls around its tanzanite mines and directed the central bank to buy the precious stone to boost reserves - ...

OPPORTUNITIES for collective ownership of Tanzanite mines located in Simanjiro district, Manyara region have opened wide as Richland Resources Ltd, the company that owns Tanzanite One Mining Limited ...

Tanzania’s president has ordered the military to build walls around its tanzanite mines and directed the central bank to buy the precious stone to boost reserves — the latest twist in a spat with ...

THE Ministry of Energy and Minerals has imposed some export restrictions on Tanzanite in an attempt to curb smuggling. It was announced that no foreign buyers would be allowed to buy tanzanite without ...

Tanzania’s president on Wednesday ordered the military to build walls around its tanzanite mines and directed the central bank to buy the precious stone to boost reserves - the latest twist in a spat ...