Nickel smelter to employ 3,000 from Ngara and Kahama districts
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March 3, 2021
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Nickel smelter to employ 3,000 from Ngara and Kahama districts
MORE than 3,000 residents of Ngara and Kahama districts are expected to be employed by the nickel smelting plant to be built at Buzwagi Gold Mine in Kahama District, Shinyanga Region.
The nickel smelter is expected to be built by Tembo Nickel mining firm in Ngara District, Kagera Region.
This was revealed on Monday by a team of government experts and the investor, Tembo Nickel who visited Kahama District to survey the area for the construction of the smelter that would be mined in Ngara District, Kagera Region.
Kabanga nickel executive officer Chris Showalter said upon completion the smelter will employ over 3,000 people, 2,000 of them from Ngara District.
Tanzania Commissioner for Mining Prof Abdklukarim Mruma who led the team of mining experts from the Minstry of Minerals said the government has provided an investment area at Buzwagi Gold Mine to facilitate transport of the nickel at the smelter.
Shinyanga Regional Commissioner Zainab Telack said the government has allocated four areas for the construction nickel smelting plants and what remains is for the investor to choose one of them.
General manager of Bulyanhulu and Buzwadi Gold Mines Benedict Busunzu praised Tembo Nickel for mining the mineral from Kabanga area in Ngara District in Kagera Region and for the decision to construct the smelting plant.
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