Industry, Trade and Investment Minister Charlles Mwijage speaks in Dar es Salaam last week shortly after he signed a Sh97 billion grant aid from China in support of Tanzania’s education, seaports, health and airline security projects. With him is China’s Vice Minister for Commerce, Mr Qian Keming. China’s Sichuan Hongda Group is also bankrolling the twin Mchuchuma coal and Liganga Iron ore projects. PHOTO|FILE
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The Energy and Minerals Deputy Minister, Mr Medrard Kalemani said in parliament in May this year that the project – which is being l bankrolled by Sichuan Hongda Group of China in partnership with the state-owned National Development Corporation (NDC) – would start in March 2017.
