Mining Local Content Guidelines 2018
Mining Commission has published Guidelines for Submission of Local Content Plans 2018. Please contact us if you have any comments or questions.
Mining News
Parliamentary Select Committee has reviewed Production Sharing Agreements (PSAs)
Mr Job Ndugai, Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee formed to investigate how Tanzania benefits from gas and oil extraction, has said renegotiating of contracts with all companies engaged in oil and gas sector in the country was inevitable because under the existing PSAs Tanzania will not benefit from its natural resources. See full Article … Read more
Tanzania Investment Policy Assessment May 2018
USAID has published its Tanzania Investment Policy Assessment 2018 via its East Africa Trade + Investment Hub. Statistics are from United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). See: http://unctad.org/en/Pages/statistics.aspx The set of investment policy questions that guided the research process are adapted from the World Bank Group. See http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/666341500008847215/pdf/117475-PUBLIC-WP-13-7-2017-12-8-30-SPIRAToolKitGuide.pdfInternational best practice is cited from several … Read more
Blueprint for Regulatory Reforms to Improve Tanzanian Business Environment
Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dodoma has in May 2018 published a Blueprint for Regulatory Reforms to Improve the Business Environment dated December 2017. The Blueprint provides the Government’s main framework for enabling a holistic review of the business enabling environment (BEE) in order to improve the business climate in Tanzania. It presents key … Read more
Mining Commission Public Notice dated 18 May 2018
The Mining Commission has begun to review applications of various mining licenses for the purpose of issuing licenses to applications that will meet certain criteria and has issued a Public Notice dated 18 May 2018 (unofficial translation). Please contact us if you have any comments or questions, so we can advise you further.
Mining Commission Meeting Minutes 11 May 2018
The Mining Commission was established in accordance with Section 21 of the Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act No. 7 of 2017. On 17 April 2018, Hon. President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Dr. John Pombe Joseph Magufuli, appointed the Chairman and Commissioners for Mining Commission in accordance with the Act. In order to carry … Read more
Mining Commission appointed
The President, Dr John Pombe Magufuli, on Wednesday 18 April 2018 has appointed with immediate effect Professor Idris Suleiman Kikula, a former vice chancellor of a state university, as Chairman of the new Mining Commission and also named 8 Commissioners to serve under him, to regulate and monitor the mining industry and mining operations in Tanzania … Read more
Mining – Local Content Regulations 2018
Mining – Local Content Regulations 2018 have been published. They are detailed and concise in their scope and application but are materially unclear in some aspects. As regards foreign service providers please note for instance: Regulation 8(6): A non-indigenous Tanzanian company which intends to provide goods or services to a contractor, a subcontractor, licensee, the Corporation or … Read more
Government directs investors to adhere to the laws
It is reported that the Deputy Minister for Mineral and Energy, Dr Medard Kalemani said at a sideline of the Oil and Gas Conference in Dar es Salaam: He continued:
3 Bills re Mining and Oil and Gas
On 29 June 2017 the Government submitted the 3 Bills to the National Assembly under a Certificate of Urgency: Natural Wealth and Resources Contracts (Review and Re-Negotiation of Unconscionable Terms) Bill 2017 (NWRCR) Natural Wealth and Resources (Permanent Sovereignty) Bill 2017 (NWR) Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2017 A public hearing by the Parliamentary Committee will be … Read more