Ethiopia gold exports surge after crackdown on smuggling
2/10/2020#0183;#32;Ethiopias gold industry is currently dominated by smallscale artisanal miners, but Newmont Corp. and Australias Allied Gold Corp. are among the companies exploring for the precious metal in the Horn of Africa nation. Prime Minister Abiy meds government hopes that cleaning up informal mining by channeling gold sales through the central bank is a first step to making the country more attractive to