Stamico to buy $10m gold a week

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The state mining corporation says it is planning to purchase and accumulate gold for one week before selling them in Dubai.

The initial target was to purchase 100 kilogrammes per day, but due to low gold production, we will purchase only 45 kilogrammes per day. “The gold business is unpredictable and the gold price in the international market varies. Therefore, it is risky to purchase more gold from the miners and accumulate it for a long time,” said Dr Mwasse. Stamico says the idea of purchasing gold from the local miners aims at sup-porting them, particularly the small-scale miners, whose operations have been hard hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. The coronavirus crisis has affected both domes-tic and international gold business after the countries in the world imposed global travel restrictions in efforts to halt the spread of the deadly virus that has claimed over 470, 000 people worldwide. However, Tanzania recorded historic mining revenue collection of Sh58 billion in April, despite challenges caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. In March, Emirates just like many other giants air-lines suspended international commercial flights to Tanzania when the wide-spread of the novel corona-virus intensified. Most of the airlines are expected to resume operations from July, after other airlines such as Ethiopian Airline and Qatar Airways resumed operations connecting Tanzania with the rest of the world. Referring to the gold production and business in Tanzania, Dr Mwasse miners expressed optimism that they will start exporting refined gold within the next six months after the completion of the refinery plant in Mwanza. He said the facility will have the capacity to refine 480 kg of gold per day.

Stamico to buy $10m gold a week

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