Tanzania’s Mining Model Is Starting to Pay Off | EN590 Commodities
EN590 Commodities GroupNatural Gas / LNG September 01, 2026
Asia Spot LNG Prices Hit 5-Month High as Hormuz Blockage Drags On Gulf producers are accelerating alternative… Cyril Widdershoven is a senior maritime, energy, and geopolitical analyst and Senior Advisor at Blue Water Strategy, specialising in the strategic intersection of shipping, ports,… In 1967, a Maasai herder called Jumanne Mhero Ngoma stumbled across a clump of unusual violet crystals in the Mereli Hills near the Tanzanian city of Arusha. For his discovery, Ngoma was awarded 50,000 shillings – about $22 in today’s money. However, the rights to sell the mineral were awarded to Henry B. Platt, vice president of the American jeweller Tiffany and Co and the great-grandson of its founder, Louis Comfort Tiffany. Platt named the stone ‘Tanzanite’ and boasted in a marketing campaign that th
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