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Workers operate machines at a mining site. [File, Standard]

The government has declared Cobalt, Tantalum, Lithium, Coltan, Niobium, Copper and other rare earths as strategic minerals amidst an economic boom in the local and global mining sectors.

In a Gazette notice last week, Cabinet Secretary for Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs Salim Mvurya also declared Nickel, Graphite, Tin, Tsavorite, Chromite, Uranium and Thorium as strategic minerals.

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