ENERGY & CRITICAL MINERALS
Dangote Confirms Lamu Refinery Groundbreaking By October 2026 As Cost Revised Downward
Aliko Dangote has confirmed construction on the 700,000 barrel-per-day Lamu Oil Refinery in Kenya wi...
ENERGY & CRITICAL MINERALS
Tanzania, Uganda and Vitol Sign US$20 Billion Tanga Energy Hub Deal to Transform East Africa's Oil Industry
Tanzania and Uganda signed an MoU with Vitol Bahrain E.C. at State House in Dar es Salaam for the Ta...
ENERGY & CRITICAL MINERALS
Chinese Firm Confirms Rare Earth Discovery in Tanzania's Njombe Region. Neodymium and Praseodymium Deposits Place Tanzania Deeper Into the Global Clean Energy Supply Chain.
Hongji Mining Co. Ltd, a Chinese company, in partnership with the Tanzanian government has confirmed...
ENERGY & CRITICAL MINERALS
Aliko Dangote, World's Richest Black Man, Met President Samia at State House Dar es Salaam. A USD 17 Billion Refinery and a Fertiliser Partnership Are on the Table.
Tanzania's State House has officially confirmed that President Samia Suluhu Hassan met Dangote Group...
ENERGY & CRITICAL MINERALS
Motsepe's Companies Beat a $195 Million Graphite Claim in Tanzania. The Court Never Ruled on the Actual Allegations.
Tanzania's High Court struck Pula Group's $195 million damages claim against companies linked to Pat...
ENERGY & CRITICAL MINERALS
A Tanzanian Teenager Is Sailing to the North Pole. Back Home, the Project That Brought Her There Is Taking Shape Too.
Tanzanian student Xyleen Mapunda beat nearly 5,000 applicants from 22 countries to win a place aboar...
ENERGY & CRITICAL MINERALS
Congo Bans Copper And Cobalt Concentrate Exports
The Democratic Republic of Congo has banned exports of copper and cobalt concentrate effective immed...
ENERGY & CRITICAL MINERALS
Dangote Has Chosen Kenya for a 700,000-Barrel Refinery. Tanzania Lost the Bid. The Question Worth Asking Is Why.
Dangote chose Kenya over Tanzania for a USD 15 to 17 billion, 700,000-barrel-per-day refinery becaus...
ENERGY & CRITICAL MINERALS
Rwanda Signs Simultaneous Fuel Import Deals With Kenya and Tanzania. The Northern and Central Corridors Are Now Competing for the Same Landlocked Market.
Rwanda imports all its petroleum overland from either Mombasa or Dar es Salaam, leaving it exposed t...
ENERGY & CRITICAL MINERALS
The New Gold Economy: How Mining Became One of Tanzania's Largest Growth Engines
Tanzania's mining sector grew 9.4 percent in 2025, contributing 10.3 percent of GDP up from 7.8 perc...
ENERGY & CRITICAL MINERALS
A1 Iron & Steel Is Building a TZS 600 Billion Steel Manufacturing Plant in Dodoma. Tanzania Has Been Exporting Iron Ore for Decades. It Is Now Going to Make Something With It.
A1 Iron & Steel Tanzania Ltd is building a TZS 600 billion steel manufacturing plant at Nala, Dodoma...
ENERGY & CRITICAL MINERALS
Tanzania Is in Discussions With Russia's Rosatom to Build a Small Nuclear Power Plant. President Samia Announced It at SPIEF 2026. Tanzania Already Has the Uranium.
President Samia Suluhu Hassan confirmed at SPIEF 2026 that Tanzania is in discussions with Rosatom a...