{"id":55808,"date":"2025-09-30T20:00:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T20:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/direct-rwandan-tungsten-arrives-in-u-s-in-historic-first\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T18:43:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T18:43:48","slug":"direct-rwandan-tungsten-arrives-in-u-s-in-historic-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/direct-rwandan-tungsten-arrives-in-u-s-in-historic-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Direct Rwandan tungsten arrives in U.S. in historic first"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Rwandan Embassy in the U.S. termed the delivery as a significant step in strengthening bilateral trade ties.<\/p>\n<p>The shipment, managed by Trinity Metals, also underscores Rwanda\u2019s growing role as a trusted supplier of critical minerals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This direct Rwanda-US shipment of tungsten marks an important step in strengthening our bilateral trade ties &#038; highlights Rwanda\u2019s position as a trusted supplier of critical minerals,&#8221; the embassy stated on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The delivery follows a recent commercial agreement Trinity Metals secured with GTP, part of the Plansee Group, and its offtake partner Traxys. <\/p>\n<p>The partnership aims to establish a reliable supply of high-grade tungsten from the Great Lakes region of Africa to the U.S., supporting industries such as aerospace, defence, electronics, and electric vehicle manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>Trinity Metals, established in 2022 through the merger of the Nyakabingo Tungsten Mine, Rutongo Tin Mine, and Musha Tin and Tantalum Mine, is Rwanda\u2019s largest producer of these three critical minerals. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-95430 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/g2gwrlawoaar7vy.jpg\" alt=\"Rwanda has reached a historic milestone in its trade relations with the United States, with the first containers of tungsten from the Nyakabingo Mine arriving directly at Global Tungsten and Powders (GTP) in Towanda, Pennsylvania. \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rwanda has reached a historic milestone in its trade relations with the United States, with the first containers of tungsten from the Nyakabingo Mine arriving directly at Global Tungsten and Powders (GTP) in Towanda, Pennsylvania. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000095431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[192],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-55808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-wycliffe-nyamasege"],"bylines":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","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":131}],"contributors":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","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":131}],"featured_image":{"id":2000095431,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/g2gwrlawoaar7vylogo.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/g2gwrlawoaar7vylogo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/g2gwrlawoaar7vylogo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/g2gwrlawoaar7vylogo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/g2gwrlawoaar7vylogo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/g2gwrlawoaar7vylogo.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55808","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\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000095431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55808"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=55808"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=55808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}