TANZANIA PUTS MINING FIRMS ON NOTICE OVER ROYALTIES
September 1st, 2019
TANZANIAN authorities have put mining firms that continue to defy sections of the country’s mining laws on notice.
Simon Msanjila, permanent secretary in the nation’s Ministry of Minerals told Metal Bulletin that all mining companies that fail to pay royalties and adhere to the mining code risk having permits to transport their products cancelled.
The announcement came after a number of mining firms, led by Tancoal Energy Ltd., protested that the laws were punitive and would make their products uncompetitive.
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