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- ↑ Tanzania set to exploit Mchuchuma coal reserve
- ↑ Mchuchuma power investors to plough in $ 612m Archived 2005-01-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Power
- ↑ Tanzania Electric Supply Archived 2007-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "East African rail master plan". Railway Gazette International . 7 November 2007. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
Coordinates: 09°15′00″S34°15′00″E / 9.25000°S 34.25000°E
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