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Rwanda has signed mining contracts with six companies to exploit 10 mining concessions that will earn the central African country up to $45 million (Sh4.5b) in five years, as part of a privatisation drive.
Mining, which the government says contributes 1.5 per cent of its $7.9 billion gross domestic product, is Rwanda's second-biggest foreign income earner after tourism, with metallic ore coltan bringing in the most money.
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