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move its world leading graphite mining sector down the value chain towards lithium ion battery grade graphite, has turned to developers in Africa to become its future suppliers of flake graphite feedstock.",{"type":574,"attrs":739,"content":740},{"textAlign":49},[741],{"text":742,"type":579},"For example, Syrah Resources – a graphite development company that will begin production at the Mozambique-based Balama mine in Q4 2017 –  signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with BTR New Energy Materials, one of the world’s leading anode producers for lithium ion batteries based in Shenzhen.",{"type":574,"attrs":744,"content":745},{"textAlign":49},[746],{"text":747,"type":579},"Should the MOU be executed into a supply agreement, it will see a significant shift in China’s graphite industry policy from using domestic suppliers to acquiring flake feedstock from foreign sources.",{"type":574,"attrs":749,"content":750},{"textAlign":49},[751],{"text":752,"type":579},"Tanzania has long been seen 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laws.",{"type":574,"attrs":769,"content":770},{"textAlign":49},[771],{"text":772,"type":579},"If the one thing that developers and investors are hoping for is new leadership, this is looking unlikely. Tanzania has had only five presidents since becoming a republic in 1961, all of which were from the same Chama Cha Mapinduzi party and each lasted a minimum of two terms or 10 years.",{"type":574,"attrs":774,"content":775},{"textAlign":49},[776],{"text":777,"type":579},"There is little doubt projects based in Mozambique and Madagascar will be the immediate beneficiaries of the situation in Tanzania.",{"type":574,"attrs":779,"content":780},{"textAlign":49},[],"President Magufuli’s Tanzania take hard-line wealth redistribution approach to mining industry Simon Moores A presidential sized shadow has been cast over Tanzania’s mining industry after the country’s head of state, John Magufuli, decided to overhaul its mining industry in a bid to redistribute wealth around throughout country. 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