Former Acacia Mining official Teweli Teweli (right) shows journalists a gold nugget at the Bulyanhulu gold mine in Kahama, Shinyanga Region. PHOTO | FILE
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The Bank of Tanzania (BoT) also indicates that there is an increase in volume of gold produced locally. The rise in export value of gold comes amidst a controversy over the government’s ban on the export of mineral concentrates that has affected production at Acacia, Tanzania’s largest gold miner.