Tansania - Bergbauminister gefeuert und Acacia Mining bekommt Prügel
Tanzanian president (John Magufuli) fires mining minister and chief of state-run agency
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Magufuli said the investigation report revealed that Acacia Mining declared the presence of gold, copper and silver in its mineral sand exports but did not declare other precious metals in the consignments.
"The committee (investigating the exports) found that there were many other minerals in those shipping containers that were not declared, such as sulphur, iron, iridium, titanium and zinc," Magufuli said.
"They were also under-invoicing the actual gold, copper and silver content in those shipping containers."
The report said that Acacia declared about 1.1 tonnes of gold in the containers but an analysis established that the shipment contained up to 15 tonnes.
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