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Victoria Falls – on the horizon of Air Tanzania?
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ZIMBABWEAN SOURCES SUGGEST VIC FALLS COULD BE A FUTURE AIR TANZANIA DESTINATION
(Posted 05th August 2017)
Reports are emerging from usually well informed sources in Zimbabwe that Victoria Falls may be on the horizon of Air Tanzania for 2018, when additional short and medium haul aircraft have been delivered to the Tanzanian government for use by the national airline.The reports suggest that the flight routing might be combining Kilimanjaro International Airport – the gateway for the northern safari circuit in Tanzania – with the ‘Spice Island‘ of Zanzibar before flying on to Victoria Falls.
Should the routing indeed materialise would it constitute the first ‘tourist circuit flight‘ combining three well known destinations in Africa and no doubt be a bonus for trip organizers abroad who could book their clients on such flights.
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Route Development @AirTanzania to launch
times weekly Kilimanjaro Zanzibar Victoria Falls flights in 1stQ18 using [HASHTAG]#Q400[/HASHTAG] .Good for tourism
Victoria Falls – on the horizon of Air Tanzania?
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ZIMBABWEAN SOURCES SUGGEST VIC FALLS COULD BE A FUTURE AIR TANZANIA DESTINATION
(Posted 05th August 2017)
Reports are emerging from usually well informed sources in Zimbabwe that Victoria Falls may be on the horizon of Air Tanzania for 2018, when additional short and medium haul aircraft have been delivered to the Tanzanian government for use by the national airline.The reports suggest that the flight routing might be combining Kilimanjaro International Airport – the gateway for the northern safari circuit in Tanzania – with the ‘Spice Island‘ of Zanzibar before flying on to Victoria Falls.
Should the routing indeed materialise would it constitute the first ‘tourist circuit flight‘ combining three well known destinations in Africa and no doubt be a bonus for trip organizers abroad who could book their clients on such flights.
Jerry Haas @IamMrHaas 6h6 hours agoMore
Route Development @AirTanzania to launch
Victoria Falls – on the horizon of Air Tanzania?
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Works on Uganda-Tanzania crude oil pipeline begin
Saturday, August 5, 2017 13:57
Presidents Yoweri Museveni of Uganda (left) and Tanzania's John Magufuli. PHOTO | THE CITIZEN | NMG
Work on the pipeline that will take Uganda's crude oil to export markets begins after Tanzanian President John Magufuli and his Ugandan counterpart, Yoweri Museveni laid the foundation stone at Chongoleani, in the port city of Tanga Saturday.
President Museveni arrived in Tanzania on Friday evening for a two-day state visit.
The pipeline, estimated to cost Sh355 billion ($3.55 billion), will transport Uganda's crude oil from Kabaale, in the western Hoima district, to Chongoleani peninsula, near the Tanga port in Tanzania.
Construction of the 1,445km line is expected to start at different points.
After the ceremony in Tanga, the two leaders are expected to also launch the building project in Hoima at a later date.
According to the project report, the 24-inch diameter pipeline will move 216,000 barrels of oil per day at a cost of about Sh1300 ($12.2) per barrel.
The pipeline will be pre-heated and covers 1.2 metres underground. There will be temporal facilities such as coating plants and pipe storage yards, access roads, burrow pits, hydro-test dams, a marine terminal and a jetty.
The pipeline is expected to be completed by 2020.
Works on Uganda-Tanzania crude oil pipeline begin
Saturday, August 5, 2017 13:57
Presidents Yoweri Museveni of Uganda (left) and Tanzania's John Magufuli. PHOTO | THE CITIZEN | NMG
Work on the pipeline that will take Uganda's crude oil to export markets begins after Tanzanian President John Magufuli and his Ugandan counterpart, Yoweri Museveni laid the foundation stone at Chongoleani, in the port city of Tanga Saturday.
President Museveni arrived in Tanzania on Friday evening for a two-day state visit.
The pipeline, estimated to cost Sh355 billion ($3.55 billion), will transport Uganda's crude oil from Kabaale, in the western Hoima district, to Chongoleani peninsula, near the Tanga port in Tanzania.
Construction of the 1,445km line is expected to start at different points.
After the ceremony in Tanga, the two leaders are expected to also launch the building project in Hoima at a later date.
According to the project report, the 24-inch diameter pipeline will move 216,000 barrels of oil per day at a cost of about Sh1300 ($12.2) per barrel.
The pipeline will be pre-heated and covers 1.2 metres underground. There will be temporal facilities such as coating plants and pipe storage yards, access roads, burrow pits, hydro-test dams, a marine terminal and a jetty.
The pipeline is expected to be completed by 2020.
Works on Uganda-Tanzania crude oil pipeline begin
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Dangote Cement to start using gas to power Tanzania plant
Wednesday August 9 2017
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Dangote Cement plant in Mtwara, Tanzania. The plant increased volumes by more than 64 per cent to nearly 388,000 tonnes in the first half of 2017. PHOTO | FILE | NATION
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The firm has previously run into trouble with President John Magufuli’s administration over tax on diesel imports to run its Mtwara plant, and a ban on coal imports.Dangote announced that the Mtwara plant increased volumes by more than 64 per cent to nearly 388,000 tonnes in the first half of 2017, pushing the six months sales to more than 400,000 tonnes.From the negotiated talks between the firm’s owner Aliko Dangote and President Magufuli, the cement maker was allocated land to mine coal to fuel the plant in the coming years.
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Dangote Cement plans to start using its own gas-powered plant in Tanzania by September to reduce its reliance on diesel gensets and reduce its operational costs.
The firm has previously run into trouble with President John Magufuli’s administration over tax on diesel imports to run its Mtwara plant, and a ban on coal imports.
This made the cement manufacturer to suspend its operations last December, citing technical problems and high production costs.
Now, in its first half-year results, Dangote says that it has invested $90 million in the construction of the coal/gas-fired power station to be fed with natural gas at a negotiated rate by the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation.
Dangote announced that the Mtwara plant increased volumes by more than 64 per cent to nearly 388,000 tonnes in the first half of 2017, pushing the six months sales to more than 400,000 tonnes.
“The factory is still reliant on diesel generators, which results in net income losses that weigh on our operations outside of Nigeria,” the firm said.
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“However, we expect to have gas turbines installed by September, which will immediately bring the plant into profitability.”
From the negotiated talks between the firm’s owner Aliko Dangote and President Magufuli, the cement maker was allocated land to mine coal to fuel the plant in the coming years.
The Energy Ministry awarded a coal mining licence to Dangote on March 11, covering 9.98 square kilometres in the Ngaka area.
READ: Tanzania gives coal mining licence to Dangote
In August 2016, Tanzania banned the importation of coal, insisting on use of its own. Dangote Cement used to import its coal from South Africa at a cost of $103 per tonne. Dar said that its coal was selling at as a low as $90.
The firm is now banking on the construction of the Dar es Salaam-Morogoro standard gauge railway and the construction boom in the administrative capital Dodoma to accommodate government departments to boost its second half earnings.
The three-week shutdown last year seems to have affected the cement maker’s market share, which dropped to 17 per cent as at end of June 2017, compared with 23 per cent in the same period last year.
Sales volumes in Dangote Cement’s African operations increased by 12.6 per cent to 4.7 million tonnes.
Within the region, the Ethiopian market — which were also briefly affected last year by the Oromo protests and local community bickering — led in the consumption of cement manufactured by Dangote, with sales rising to 1.1 million tonnes.
“Our pan-African operations are growing. We saw our first sales from Sierra Leone in the first quarter, and our new plant in the Republic of Congo will be in production at the end of July, further increasing our footprint across Africa and strengthening our position as the leading manufacturer of cement,” said CEO Onne van der Weijde.
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Wednesday August 9 2017
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Dangote Cement plant in Mtwara, Tanzania. The plant increased volumes by more than 64 per cent to nearly 388,000 tonnes in the first half of 2017. PHOTO | FILE | NATION
In Summary
The firm has previously run into trouble with President John Magufuli’s administration over tax on diesel imports to run its Mtwara plant, and a ban on coal imports.Dangote announced that the Mtwara plant increased volumes by more than 64 per cent to nearly 388,000 tonnes in the first half of 2017, pushing the six months sales to more than 400,000 tonnes.From the negotiated talks between the firm’s owner Aliko Dangote and President Magufuli, the cement maker was allocated land to mine coal to fuel the plant in the coming years.
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Dangote Cement plans to start using its own gas-powered plant in Tanzania by September to reduce its reliance on diesel gensets and reduce its operational costs.
The firm has previously run into trouble with President John Magufuli’s administration over tax on diesel imports to run its Mtwara plant, and a ban on coal imports.
This made the cement manufacturer to suspend its operations last December, citing technical problems and high production costs.
Now, in its first half-year results, Dangote says that it has invested $90 million in the construction of the coal/gas-fired power station to be fed with natural gas at a negotiated rate by the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation.
Dangote announced that the Mtwara plant increased volumes by more than 64 per cent to nearly 388,000 tonnes in the first half of 2017, pushing the six months sales to more than 400,000 tonnes.
“The factory is still reliant on diesel generators, which results in net income losses that weigh on our operations outside of Nigeria,” the firm said.
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“However, we expect to have gas turbines installed by September, which will immediately bring the plant into profitability.”
From the negotiated talks between the firm’s owner Aliko Dangote and President Magufuli, the cement maker was allocated land to mine coal to fuel the plant in the coming years.
The Energy Ministry awarded a coal mining licence to Dangote on March 11, covering 9.98 square kilometres in the Ngaka area.
READ: Tanzania gives coal mining licence to Dangote
In August 2016, Tanzania banned the importation of coal, insisting on use of its own. Dangote Cement used to import its coal from South Africa at a cost of $103 per tonne. Dar said that its coal was selling at as a low as $90.
The firm is now banking on the construction of the Dar es Salaam-Morogoro standard gauge railway and the construction boom in the administrative capital Dodoma to accommodate government departments to boost its second half earnings.
The three-week shutdown last year seems to have affected the cement maker’s market share, which dropped to 17 per cent as at end of June 2017, compared with 23 per cent in the same period last year.
Sales volumes in Dangote Cement’s African operations increased by 12.6 per cent to 4.7 million tonnes.
Within the region, the Ethiopian market — which were also briefly affected last year by the Oromo protests and local community bickering — led in the consumption of cement manufactured by Dangote, with sales rising to 1.1 million tonnes.
“Our pan-African operations are growing. We saw our first sales from Sierra Leone in the first quarter, and our new plant in the Republic of Congo will be in production at the end of July, further increasing our footprint across Africa and strengthening our position as the leading manufacturer of cement,” said CEO Onne van der Weijde.
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Construction of world’s longest crude oil pipeline begins in TZ
Posted on August 13, 2017 by Janet Mutegi
The pipeline is expected to move 216,000 barrels of oil per day. PHOTO/FILETanzania and Uganda have jointly launched construction works for a $3.55 billion (Sh355 billion) heated oil pipeline to pump the latter’s crude oil to the global markets in three years.
The pipeline project, which is being undertaken by Total SA, kicked off in earnest on August 5 after Tanzania’s president John Magufuli and his Ugandan equivalent Yoweri Museveni laid its foundation stone at Chongoleani peninsula, near the Tanga port in Tanzania.
The two leaders are expected to launch works for the project at Hoima by end of the year.
At 1,445 kilometres, the Uganda-Tanzania crude oil pipeline will be “the longest electrically heated crude oil pipeline in the world,” according to Adewale Fayemi, Total country manager for Uganda.
“It’s a record,” Mr Fayemi told Reuters in a recent interview, adding that the facility will open a new phase of economic development in East Africa on its completion in 2020.
The Uganda-Tanzania crude oil pipeline will be heated so as to keep the highly gummy crude liquid enough to flow. The facility will move Uganda’s crude oil from Kabaale, in the western Hoima region, to Chongoleani in Tanzania.
The 24-inch diameter pipeline is expected to move 216,000 barrels of oil per day at a cost of $12.2 (about Sh1260) per barrel. This will save Uganda $3.7 (Sh385) per barrel compared to an earlier plan to build a pipeline from Hoima to Lamu in Kenya at a cost of $5 billion (Sh520 billion).
Following Uganda’s decision to take the Tanzania route, Kenya will now build a Sh2.1 billion pipeline covering 855 kilometres from South Lokichar in Turkana to the port of Lamu.
Details of financing of the Uganda-Tanzania crude oil pipeline are still not clear, but Total – which is one of the owners of Uganda oilfields, together with China’s Cnooc and Britain’s Tullow Oil – had earlier indicated that it was willing to fund the project.
Uganda’s crude reserves, which were discovered at Hoima in 2006, are estimated at 6.5 billion barrels, while recoverable reserves are likely between 1.4 billion and 1.7 billion barrels.
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So Kenyan pipeline will cost Kshs2.1 bln compared to Uganda's Kshs 355 bln? Must be a water pipe [emoji23] [emoji85] [emoji115]
Posted on August 13, 2017 by Janet Mutegi
The pipeline is expected to move 216,000 barrels of oil per day. PHOTO/FILETanzania and Uganda have jointly launched construction works for a $3.55 billion (Sh355 billion) heated oil pipeline to pump the latter’s crude oil to the global markets in three years.
The pipeline project, which is being undertaken by Total SA, kicked off in earnest on August 5 after Tanzania’s president John Magufuli and his Ugandan equivalent Yoweri Museveni laid its foundation stone at Chongoleani peninsula, near the Tanga port in Tanzania.
The two leaders are expected to launch works for the project at Hoima by end of the year.
At 1,445 kilometres, the Uganda-Tanzania crude oil pipeline will be “the longest electrically heated crude oil pipeline in the world,” according to Adewale Fayemi, Total country manager for Uganda.
“It’s a record,” Mr Fayemi told Reuters in a recent interview, adding that the facility will open a new phase of economic development in East Africa on its completion in 2020.
The Uganda-Tanzania crude oil pipeline will be heated so as to keep the highly gummy crude liquid enough to flow. The facility will move Uganda’s crude oil from Kabaale, in the western Hoima region, to Chongoleani in Tanzania.
The 24-inch diameter pipeline is expected to move 216,000 barrels of oil per day at a cost of $12.2 (about Sh1260) per barrel. This will save Uganda $3.7 (Sh385) per barrel compared to an earlier plan to build a pipeline from Hoima to Lamu in Kenya at a cost of $5 billion (Sh520 billion).
Following Uganda’s decision to take the Tanzania route, Kenya will now build a Sh2.1 billion pipeline covering 855 kilometres from South Lokichar in Turkana to the port of Lamu.
Details of financing of the Uganda-Tanzania crude oil pipeline are still not clear, but Total – which is one of the owners of Uganda oilfields, together with China’s Cnooc and Britain’s Tullow Oil – had earlier indicated that it was willing to fund the project.
Uganda’s crude reserves, which were discovered at Hoima in 2006, are estimated at 6.5 billion barrels, while recoverable reserves are likely between 1.4 billion and 1.7 billion barrels.
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So Kenyan pipeline will cost Kshs2.1 bln compared to Uganda's Kshs 355 bln? Must be a water pipe [emoji23] [emoji85] [emoji115]
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Why did you have to rely on a Kenyan news paper for details about such a history making project in your country?
Alafu, ati we have to wait again for the two leaders to meet again at an unspecified date b4 the end of this year for them to launch the actual construction??? You guys surely have a nac for launching stuff over and over again, I thought laying a foundation stone was it....
Anyway, as for your take, really a nine year old can answer that question, that's grade 5/6 mathematics, if 1,445km uganda-tanga heated pipeline costs Ksh355B, what will a 855km Turkana-Lamu heated pipeline cost ... Do the math and see if it wont be exactly ad the figure quoted in the article you brought
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Then what
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umeongea kama Magu hahahahahaha
Sisi tupambane na hali yetu tuachane na Kenya washa tupiga gap sana kwa issue kibao
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NGOJA DR MIPNGO AJE NA TAKWIMU ZAKE UTACHOKA
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Lamu port Berths will be ready by 2020, that's when you are expected to finish your pipeline right? That's 2 years from now, your pipeline at 1445km is almost twice as long as Kenya's pipeline at 855km which means your pipeline will take twice as long to complete....
So that means Kenya's pipeline could take 1 year or 12 months compared to 2.1 years for tz/ug... So if Kenya wants to have a working pipeline by the time Lamu port is ready in 2020(the same year Tz is expected to have completed the pipeline) Kenya can start construction of her pipeline by jan 2019 and still be done by Dec 2019 or jan 2020...
So in effect, Kenya still has 1 year and a 4 months to figure out where the money will come from , if we plan to have a pipeline by 2020 when Lamu port will be ready.... That's plenty of time to make more oil discoveries, get new investors, make new partnerships, ...
As for now let me not speculate on things I don't have control over, we are all here, if any development comes you will know
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