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The New Bugurama Mining Company tungsten mine in Rwanda.

Mining in Rwanda consists of extracting such minerals as tin, tantalum, and tungsten. In 2020, Rwanda earned about US$733m from mineral exports , making mining the biggest source of export revenues after tourism.

In 2019, the country was the 7th largest world producer of tungsten[1] and the 12th largest world producer of tin.[2]

  1. ^ USGS Tungsten Production Statistics
  2. ^ USGS Tin Production Statistics

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