-
Zimbabwe:
Platinum Sector On Alert As Mugabe Threatens 'Absurd' Export Freeze
SW Radio, 12 November 2013
Platinum mining firms in Zimbabwe are said to be on alert, following threats by Robert Mugabe that all exports of the metal will be halted. Read more »
-
Zimbabwe:
Zim Tops Global Platinum Supplies
The Herald, 13 November 2013
GLOBAL platinum supplies are expected to rise 1,6 percent this year to 5,74 million ounces, aided by higher output from Zimbabwe, UK-based refiner Johnson Matthey said. Local… Read more »
-
Zimbabwe:
Mugabe Emulates Sata
Times of Zambia, 12 November 2013
ZIMBABWE President Robert Mugabe has threatened to halt export of raw platinum to South Africa unless producers set up a refining plant in the country. Read more »
-
Zimbabwe:
Platinum Production Up
Zimbabwe Independent, 1 November 2013
ZIMBABWE'S platinum production went up 19,6% in the first nine months of 2013 to 9 838,61 kg compared to 8 224,35kg in the same period last year, after key expansion projects took… Read more »
-
Zimbabwe:
Zimplats Posts U.S.$40 Million Profit
The Herald, 1 November 2013
Platinum mining giant Zimplats recorded an operating profit of US$39,8 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2013 representing an 84 percent increase over the same period… Read more »
-
Zimbabwe:
Controversial Zimplats Deal Up for Review
New Zimbabwe, 31 October 2013
THE government will review a plan by South Africa's Impala Platinum to sell control of its Zimplats unit to local black investors for $971 million, Zimplats said on Thursday. Read more »
-
Zimbabwe:
Mineral Exports Bring in U.S. $1.38 Billion
New Zimbabwe, 28 October 2013
THE Chamber of mines Zimbabwe has revealed that mineral production over the nine months to September declined marginally to US $1,38 billion from about US$1,4 billion during the… Read more »
-
Zimbabwe:
U.S $5 Billion Needed for Platinum Expansion
New Zimbabwe, 20 October 2013
ZIMBABWE investment of as much as $5.3 billion and stable mining policies if the country is to boost platinum output to rival Russia as the world's second-biggest producer of the… Read more »