{"id":11490,"date":"2017-03-13T15:37:52","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T14:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=11490"},"modified":"2017-03-13T15:37:52","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T14:37:52","slug":"aliko-dangote-opens-coal-mine-in-tanzania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/aliko-dangote-opens-coal-mine-in-tanzania\/","title":{"rendered":"Aliko Dangote opens coal mine in Tanzania"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aliko Dangote is now a coal miner as Tanzania<\/del> hasoffered his Dangote Cement Company in the southeastern town of Mtwara, land tomine coal for its operations.<\/p>\n

Tanzania\u2019s Ministryof Energy and Minerals at the weekend handed a 10-square-kilometre plot of landto the $500 million cement factory set up in 2015 by Aliko Dangote, Africa\u2019srichest man.<\/p>\n

The factory has an annual capacity of 3 milliontonnes.<\/p>\n

According to NAN and local media The Citizen, thecoal concession was sanctioned by President John Magufuli to allow the companyget a reliable supply of coal to fuel its activities.<\/p>\n

Tanzania has bannedthe importation of coal from South Africa and Tancoal, the only one coalproducing company in the country, cannot meet the entire market demand.<\/p>

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Dangote runs onexpensive diesel generators and requested Tanzanian government support lastyear to supply natural gas at a reduced price.<\/p>\n

President Magufulilater intervened after a meeting with Nigerian billionaire and the company\u2019sowner Aliko Dangote over stalled negotiations on prices.<\/p>\n

He blamed middlemenfor the delay in supply plans and said Dangote \u201cwill now buy natural gasdirectly from the state-run TPDC (Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation)\u201d.<\/p>\n

Dangote, Africa\u2019sbiggest cement producer, is seeking to double Tanzania\u2019s annual output ofcement to 6 million tonnes. It plans to roll out plants across Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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