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Australian company seeks repeal of new tariff on mineral exports

Nairobi; Kenya: Base Resources Limited, the Australian company developing a mineral-sands project in Kenya, said it is working with the authorities in the country to have an export levy imposed by a local government rescinded.

The Kwale County told the West Perth-based firm in June it plans to apply a Sh5,000 ($56) per metric tonne tariff on exports of rutile and ilmenite by Base’s Kwale Mineral Sands project. Base says the fee is unconstitutional and should be withdrawn.

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