Rwanda: Mineral Exports Drop By 5.9 Percent

Aug. 03, 2011 08:27AM PST

All Africa reports Rwanda’s export receipts from minerals slid by US$2m to US$32m between April and June this year.

The market news is quoted as saying,

Rwanda initiated the mineral traceability project in September 2008 in response to calls from the UN, the International Conference on the Great Lakes and the G8 for a mineral certification system that would help resolve the problem of “conflict minerals” (tin, coltan, tungsten and gold) in the Great Lakes Region.