The Tanzanian government has expressed its commitment to enhancing Tanzanian participation in mining activities, the state-owned newspaper Daily News reported on Saturday.
To push forward the goal, the government is on its way to implementing effective strategies, which include increasing the involvement of locals in providing services and supplying products, as well as linking the mining sector with other key economic sectors, said the newspaper. During a meeting with mining stakeholders and service providers held in the northern city of Mwanza on Friday, Minister of Minerals Anthony Mavunde announced that his ministry intends to conduct a comprehensive national mineral survey to eliminate speculative mining, attract more investment in the mining sector, and encourage the presence of larger mining companies, according to the newspaper.
This will create more opportunities for local service providers and increase Tanzanian participation in the sector, the newspaper quoted Mavunde as saying.
