Tanzania seeks to transform more of its minerals
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Daily News
Tanzania wants to shift its mining sector from exporting raw materials towards a chain integrating processing, refining and the manufacture of higher-value products. Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Minerals Msafiri Mbibo presented this approach on 29 September in Helsinki, according to Daily News.
Tanzania wants to shift its mining sector from the extraction and export of raw materials towards a value chain incorporating processing, refining, manufacturing and the export of higher-value mineral products. The Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Minerals, Msafiri Mbibo, presented this approach on 28 September 2026 in Helsinki, Finland, at the Tanzania-European Union Investment and Business Forum.
Msafiri Mbibo cited Tanzania's reserves of gold, diamonds, tanzanite, rubies, sapphires, tsavorite and zircon, as well as its critical mineral resources, to highlight the country's potential in global mining value chains.
