{"id":2572,"date":"2019-05-23T07:49:21","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T07:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=2572"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:30:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:30:18","slug":"tanzania-fines-acacia-mining-2-4mn-over-alleged-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2019\/05\/23\/tanzania-fines-acacia-mining-2-4mn-over-alleged-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanzania Fines Acacia Mining $2.4mn Over Alleged Pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>By REUTERS<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Acacia Mining\nhad been fined Tsh5.6 billion ($2.4 million) for alleged pollution at its North\nMara mine, Tanzania\u2019s mining minister said on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Acacia,\nmajority-owned by Barrick Gold, is embroiled in a long-running tax dispute with\nTanzania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was forced\nto cut output by a third after the government banned the export of mineral\nconcentrates from its two other mines, Bulyanhulu and Buzwagi, in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tanzania\u2019s\nNational Environment Management Council (NEMC) has issued an environmental\nprotection order (EPO) relating to alleged pollution from North Mara\u2019s tailings\ndam, mining minister Doto Biteko said\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theeastafrican.co.ke\/business\/Tanzania-fines-Acacia-Mining-over-alleged-pollution\/2560-5123624-eg1myg\/index.html\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By REUTERS Acacia Mining had been fined Tsh5.6 billion ($2.4 million) for alleged pollution at its North Mara mine, Tanzania\u2019s mining minister said on Monday. Acacia, majority-owned by Barrick Gold,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}