Editing Economy of Tanzania (section)

===Mining===
{{main|Mining industry of Tanzania}}
Mining contributed 3.3 percent of GDP in 2013.<ref name="Abstract"/>{{rp|page 33}} The vast majority of the country's mineral export revenue comes from gold, accounting for 89 percent of the value of those exports in 2013.<ref name="Abstract"/>{{rp|page 71}} It also exports sizable quantities of gemstones, including [[diamonds]] and [[tanzanite]].<ref name="frame">{{cite web | title=Annex on the Free Movement of Persons | url=http://www.eac.int/commonmarket/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=87&Itemid=137 | publisher=[[East African Community]] | access-date=21 October 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022044517/http://www.eac.int/commonmarket/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=87&Itemid=137 | archive-date=22 October 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref>{{rp|page 1250}} All of Tanzania's [[coal]] production, which totalled 106,000 short tons in 2012, is used domestically.<ref name="EIA"/>

====Minerals====
Other minerals exploited in Tanzania include;

# [[Pozzolana]]
# [[Salt]]
# [[Gypsum]]
# [[Kaolinite]]
# [[Silver ore]]
# [[Copper]]
# [[Phosphate]]
#[[Tanzanite]]
# [[Tin]]
# [[Graphite]]
# [[Bauxite]].<ref name="Abstract"/>{{rp|pages 70–71}}

Modern gold mining in Tanzania started in the [[Germany|German]] [[List of former German colonies|colonial period]], beginning with gold discoveries near [[Lake Victoria]] in 1894. The first gold mine in what was then [[German East Africa|Tanganyika]], the [[Sekenke Gold Mine]], began operation in 1909, and gold mining in Tanzania experienced a boom between 1930 and [[World War II]]. By 1967, gold production in the country had dropped to insignificance but was revived in the mid-1970s, when the gold price rose once more. In the late 1990s, foreign mining companies started investing in the exploration and development of gold deposits in Tanzania, leading to the opening of a number of new mines, like the [[Golden Pride Gold Mine|Golden Pride mine]], which opened in 1999 as the first modern gold mine in the country, or the [[Buzwagi Gold Mine|Buzwagi mine]], which opened in 2009.<ref>[http://www.tanzaniagold.com/tanzania_mining_history.html Tanzania Mining History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100814071423/http://www.tanzaniagold.com/tanzania_mining_history.html |date=14 August 2010 }} tanzaniagold.com, accessed: 24 July 2010</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120309221749/http://www.mem.go.tz/modules/documents/index.php?action=downloadfile&filename=Mineral%20Sector%20Overview.pdf&directory=Mineral%20Sector& •Mineral Sector Overview] [[Ministry of Energy and Minerals, Tanzania|Ministry of Energy and Minerals]] website, accessed: 27 July 2010</ref>

[[File:Buzwagi Goldmine 06.JPG|thumb|right|[[Buzwagi Gold Mine]]]]

Nickel reserves amounting to 290,000 tonnes were discovered in October 2012 by Ngwena Company Limited, a subsidiary of the Australian mining company [[IMX Resources]]. An initial investment of around [[USD]] $38 million has been made since exploration began in 2006, and nickel should start being mined at the end of 2015.<ref>{{Citation
| url = http://allafrica.com/stories/201210070110.html
| title= Tanzania: Nickel Exploration Bears Fruit
| year =	 2012
| publisher = [[AllAfrica.com]]
| publication-place = [[Africa]]
| access-date = 18 October 2012
}}</ref>

Chinese firms have been showing major interest in Tanzania's mineral deposits; an announcement was made in late 2011 of a plan by the [[Sichuan Hongda Group]], to invest about [[United States dollar|US$]]3 billion to develop the [[Mchuchuma]] coal and [[Liganga]] iron ore projects in the south of the country.<ref name=China>{{cite web| url = http://thecitizen.co.tz/magazines/31-business-week/25133-china-seeks-to-venture-into-gold-mining-in-tanzania.html| title = Business Week Reporter, "China seeks to venture into gold mining in Tanzania", ''The Citizen'' (23 August 2012)| access-date = 5 September 2012| archive-date = 25 August 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120825000254/http://thecitizen.co.tz/magazines/31-business-week/25133-china-seeks-to-venture-into-gold-mining-in-tanzania.html| url-status = dead}}</ref> It was also announced in August 2012 that [[China National Gold Corp]] are in talks to purchase mining assets in Tanzania from [[African Barrick Gold]], in a deal that could be worth more than £2 billion&nbsp;[[Pound sterling|stg]].<ref name=China />

In November 2012, the Tanzanian government announced investigations into allegations that mining investors in the country were harassing and on some occasions, killing residents around mining sites.<ref>{{Citation
| url = http://allafrica.com/stories/201211260114.html
| title= Tanzania: Govt Vows to Probe Mining Investors' Brutality
| year =	 2012
| publisher = [[Allafrica.com]]
| publication-place = [[Africa]]
| access-date = 30 November 2012
}}</ref>
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