by Staff reporter and agencies
Tue, Feb 09, 2010
Harare - Controversy deepened Monday over the Zimbabwean government's handling of the Chiadzwa diamond field in the eastern Zimbabwe, with revelations of serious irregularities by the mines minister and the South African companies involved. A parliamentary committee heard Monday of the attempted illegal sale of 300,000 carats of diamonds by officials of a South African- based company that was supposed to be in partnership with a Zimbabwe state mining company.
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by Staff reporter and agencies
Wed, Feb 10, 2010
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe was currently in closed discussions with relevant authorities to finalise the indigenisation and empowerment quota for the mining industry, in terms of that country’s new Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment regulations, midtier miner Aquarius Platinum said on Wednesday.
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by Bloomberg
Tue, Feb 09, 2010
(Bloomberg) -- Zimbabwe is facing corn and wheat shortages after a prolonged period of dry weather, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service said in a report.
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Sun, Feb 07, 2010
Zimbabwe's minister of mines Obert Mpofu kept a straight face at the Mining Indaba in Cape Town this week when he said foreign investors in his country's mining industry are "guaranteed security of tenure". It was not clear who was providing the guarantees.
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by Jane Fields - New Scotsman
Sun, Feb 07, 2010
PLANELOADS of diamonds mined in Zimbabwe's violence-riddled eastern Chiadzwa diamond fields are being secretly airlifted to Harare.
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