Tanzania Could Soon Become the Largest Producer of A ‘Life Saving Gas’

By Lorine Towett

Many think of Helium as the gas in party balloons, but it is one of the most valuable gases on Earth, with uses ranging from rocket fuel to MRI scanners. The tech industry interestingly also has a lot uses for helium.

A large underground reserve of the precious gas was discovered in East Africa earlier. Roaming across the Tanzanian plains on safari some six years ago, it dawned on two Australian geologists that Tanzania could hold world-class helium reserves…Read more>>