Tanzania, June 17 -- Dodoma. Tanzania plans to build a Sh600 billion integrated steel plant in Dodoma in a development that marks one of the country's most significant steps yet in turning mineral wealth into industrial capacity.

The project could also reshape how the country uses its iron ore resources to drive manufacturing, jobs and long-term economic growth.

The plant, to be constructed at Nala in Dodoma City by A1 Iron & Steel Tanzania Ltd, will be a fully integrated steelmaking facility. It will create about 1,500 direct jobs and more than 5,000 indirect jobs in one of the country's most significant mineral value-addition investments.

It will use locally sourced iron ore as its main raw material and deploy blast furnace technolog...