Perezida Paul Kagame yakiriye Ku wa Gatanu, tariki 18 Nyakanga 2025, itsinda rya Rio Tinto riyobowe na Mark Davies ushinzwe tekiniki. Ibi biganiro byibanze ku ubumwe mu gutera imbere mu bucukuzi bw’amabuye y’agaciro mu Rwanda. Village Urugwiro yatangaje ko impande zombi zizeye iterambere ry’uru rugendo.
Imyaka ibiri ishize, Nyakanga 2024, u Rwanda na Rio Tinto Minerals Development Limited batangije umushinga mugari wo gushakisha no gucukura lithium, tin, tungsten na tantalum hifashishijwe ikoranabuhanga rigezweho. Muri Mutarama 2024, basinye amasezerano y’ubufatanye mu bucukuzi bwa lithium mu Ntara y’Iburengerazuba.
Ku wa 10 Nyakanga 2025, ubushakashatsi bwakozwe na Aterian PLC inafashwa na Rio Tinto, bwagaragaje lithium nziza mu Rwanda, ikimenyetso kirushaho gushimangira akamaro k’uyu mushinga.
Rio Tinto, ikigo cy’Abongereza n’Abanya-Australia giherereye ku masoko y’imari ya Londres, Australia na New York, cyashinzwe mu 1873. Gicukura amabuye akomeye nka zahabu, diyama, scandium, aluminium, umunyu na lithium, kikoresheje ikoranabuhanga rihambaye.
Mu 2024, u Rwanda rwohereje hanze toni 2.384 za coltan (zinjije $99 miliyoni), 4.861 toni za gasegereti ($96 miliyoni), 2.741 toni za wolfram ($36 miliyoni), n’ibilo 19.397 bya zahabu ($1.5 miliyari). Uko umusaruro wiyongera kuva $373 miliyoni mu 2017 ukagera kuri $1.7 miliyari mu 2024 birerekana akamaro ka buri mabuye!
