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.
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