Reuters reports that the Tanzanian government wishes to raise royalty payments on gold exports to 4 percent from 3 percent, as Energy and Minerals Minister William Ngeleja said in a presentation to parliament.
Tanzania is Africa's fourth-largest gold producer and has attracted significant investment in the mining sector over the past decade, but there is political pressure on the government to stake claim to a bigger share of revenue from mineral exports.
Tanzania's annual gold exports have tripled to $1.5 billion in the last five years due to the increase in the price of gold but government revenues have remained at around $100 million a year.
You can find Tanzania’s history of gold production here.
