Tanzania, Feb. 14 -- Arusha. The government will inject Sh19 billion for expansion of the Arusha-based Tanzania Gemmological Centre (TGC).

The cash will be spent to construction additional structures, including an eight floor building at is campus.

The first installment of Sh7 billion out of the total financial support (Sh19 billion) will be remitted soon.

"The tower will host lecture rooms for the growing number of students, among others," said the minister for Minerals Dotto Biteko.

He announced this here on Saturday during the first graduation ceremony of mineral polishers trained at the centre for long courses.

Dr Biteko said the government was keen to have sufficient number of experts in state-of-art mineral processing technolog...