{"id":49234,"date":"2023-11-07T14:33:45","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T14:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwanda-generates-us-241-8-million-from-mineral-exports-in-third-quarter-of-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-11-10T06:54:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T06:54:03","slug":"rwanda-generates-us-241-8-million-from-mineral-exports-in-third-quarter-of-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwanda-generates-us-241-8-million-from-mineral-exports-in-third-quarter-of-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda generates US$241.8 million from mineral exports in third quarter of 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The primary contributors to this remarkable revenue included Cassiterite, which accounted for 294,717 kilograms, yielding $5,367,704 in July, 415,482 kilograms, with revenues of $6,906,567 in August, and 440,176 kilograms, resulting in $6,783,099 in September. <\/p>\n<p>Gold, another significant player, generated 1,155 kilograms, bringing in $73,181,036 in July, 1,000 kilograms, producing $62,156,101 in August, and 845 kilograms, amassing $52,676,671 in September.<\/p>\n<p>Coltan also shone, contributing 189,183 kilograms, valued at $8,145,587 in July, 141,658 kilograms, generating $5,827,562 in August, and 208,155 kilograms, with revenues of $9,313,654 in September. Wolfram, on the other hand, yielded 237,116 kilograms, worth $3,040,783 in July, 198,409 kilograms, with a value of $2,663,971 in August, and 218,802 kilograms, resulting in $2,711,206 in September.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the report released today also shows that various other minerals collectively contributed 1,210,458 kilograms, worth $1,085,647 in July, 1,219,670 kilograms, producing $1,249,889 in August, and 739,711 kilograms, generating $713,714 in September.<\/p>\n<p>In comparison to the same period in the previous year, the total mineral export volume for July to September 2023 reached 5,516,538 kilograms, marking an impressive 22.4% increase, while the value amounted to $241,823,194. In the corresponding period last year, metals accounted for 4,321,566 kilograms, with revenues totaling $197,496,029.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-61028\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/gold-2-cc15c.jpg\" alt=\"Gold was among top contributing minerals in the third quarter of 2023.  \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{In the third quarter of 2023, spanning from July to September, Rwanda&#8217;s mineral exports witnessed a substantial surge in revenue, generating a total of $241,823,194, (over Rwf290 billion) as reported by the Rwanda Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board (RMB) on November 7.}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000061027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72,75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-49234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000061027,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gold-2-cc15c.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gold-2-cc15c.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gold-2-cc15c.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gold-2-cc15c.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gold-2-cc15c.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gold-2-cc15c.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000061027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49234"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=49234"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=49234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}