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Tanzania awards coal mine contract to UK firm

DAR ES SALAAM: Tanzania has awarded a coal mining license to a London-listed Edenville Energy Plc , which plans to invest $176 million in a mine and a coal-fired power plant, the country's energy and minerals ministry said on Monday.

The British-headquartered coal and uranium explorer will build an open cast coal mine at the Mkomolo area in the southwestern Tanzanian town of Rukwa.

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