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DEVELOPMENT OF TIN METALLURGY IN RWANDA

1 BANASIK Łukasz
Co-authors:
2 MIŚKIEWICZ Radosław 2 CHOLEWA-DOMANAGIĆ Aleksandra 1 JANIK Katarzyna 3 KOZŁOWSKI Sławomir
Institutions:
1 Luna Smelter Ltd. – Kigali, Rwanda, lukasz.banasik@lunasmelter.com
2 University of Szczecin – Szczecin, Poland, EU, aleksandra.cholewa@lumaholding.eu
3 Silesian University of Technology – Gliwice, Poland, EU, slawomir.kozlowski@polsl.pl
Conference:
31st International Conference on Metallurgy and Materials, Orea Congress Hotel Brno, Czech Republic, EU, May 18 - 19, 2022
Proceedings:
Proceedings 31st International Conference on Metallurgy and Materials
Pages:
662-668
ISBN:
978-80-88365-06-8
ISSN:
2694-9296
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37904/metal.2022.4439
Published:
30th June 2022
Proceedings of the conference have already been published in Scopus and we are waiting for evaluation and potential indexing in Web of Science.
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Abstract

This article presents the history of tin metallurgy in Rwanda, its current state, and future development prospects on the example of the Luna Smelter production plant, located in Kigali. The authors of the article pay special attention to the issues of successful restoration of production, which was stopped in 1994, shortly before the Tutsi Genocide, the impact on the labor market in Kigali, the creation of new commercial and economic ties, as well as the improvement of production lines and the optimization of technological parameters of smelting and refining.

Keywords: Rwanda, tin, metallurgy, smelter

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