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• Zimbabwe: Govt Bars MPs from Touring Chiadzwa Fields

  Created: 2010-03-31 09:14:39 Author: Kelvin Jakachira - Zimbabwe Independent

  GOVERNMENT yesterday barred MPs from the Mines and Energy portfolio committee from touring the Chiadzwa diamond fields on a fact-finding mission amid allegations of underhand dealings involving senior officials in both government and Zanu PF.

  Th...

• South Africa: State Fury As Mittal Ramps Up Steel Prices

  Created: 2010-03-31 08:43:51 Author: Simon Mundy - Business Day

  Johannesburg — THE government's long-running feud with ArcelorMittal boiled over yesterday, as the Department of Trade and Industry vowed to take the steel producer to the Competition Commission over its announcement of a R600/ton hike in prices.

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• South Africa: Jubilee Upbeat About Tests in Madagascar

  Created: 2010-03-31 08:40:41 Author: Thabang Mokopanele - Business Day

  Johannesburg — MINING exploration company Jubilee Platinum said yesterday further soil geochemical testing had shown nickel-copper anomaly plots on the northwest of Ambodilafa, in Madagascar, and had given considerable "encouragement" for a limited d...

• Namibia: Fish and Crocodiles in Uis Mine Quarries

  Created: 2010-03-30 09:27:39 Author: Adam Hartman - The Namibian

  THE old tin mine quarries at Uis, now full of water, are becoming the breeding grounds for Tilapia, Cat-fish... and Nile Crocodiles - commercially that is.

  Johan van der Westhuizen, a local businessman and creator of the Uis Tilapia and Crocodil...

• Zimbabwe: ACR CEO Andrew Cranswick on History of Chiadzwa Diamonds

  Created: 2010-03-30 08:31:44 Author: SW Radio Africa (London)

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  Journalist Violet Gonda presents Hot Seat where she speaks to Andrew Cranswick, CEO of African Consolidated Resources, the company in the middle of a legal wrangle with the government over th...

• South Africa: Platmin to Sell 100m Debenture to Asian Investor

  Created: 2010-03-30 08:27:29 Author: Edward West - Business Day

  Johannesburg — PLATMIN has entered into an agreement with a subsidiary of Asian investment company Temasek Holdings, which will purchase from the miner a 100m noninterest-bearing secured convertible debenture.

  Singapore-based Temasek has owned...

• South Africa: Concerns That Winelands Mining Application an Expropriation Plot

  Created: 2010-03-10 08:36:54 Author: Fadela Slamdien - West Cape News (Cape Town)

  A documented scarcity of mineral deposits in the pristine Cape Winelands area has led some residents and landowners to believe that a state-owned mining company's application to prospect in the area is a front for plans to expropriate the land.

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• Zambia: Copperbelt MMD Rallies Behind RB

  Created: 2010-03-10 08:17:23 Author: The Times of Zambia

  THE MMD on the Copperbelt has disposed of all disciplinary cases in readiness for the national convention where they have resolved to vote for Rupiah Banda as party president.

  Copperbelt vice-treasurer Frank Ng'ambi said in Ndola yesterday that ...

• Zambia: Chief Chisunka Lauds Chinese Mine Investors

  Created: 2010-03-10 08:14:16 Author: The Times of Zambia

  CHIEF Chisunka of Mansa District has expressed happiness with the intended investment by a Chinese mining company in his area.

  The traditional leader said Tycoon Mining Company was currently undertaking explorations for manganese deposits but th...

• Zimbabwe: HCCL Share Option Scheme Hits Snag

  Created: 2010-03-10 08:10:10 Author: Martin Kadzere - The Herald

  Harare — BUSINESSMAN Mr Nick van Hoogstraten has strongly opposed Hwange Colliery Company's revised share option scheme to incentivise employees and forced postponement of the extra ordinary general meeting convened to pass the resolution.

  The...

• Zimbabwe: Govt to Review Tax Laws

  Created: 2010-03-09 08:28:37 Author: The Herald

  Harare — Zimbabwe's mining sector has failed to contribute meaningfully to the country's economy in the recent years with Government now working towards reviewing tax laws to ensure maximum benefits from its huge mineral resources.

  Speaking du...

• Zimbabwe: Angloplat Backs Indigenisation Policies

  Created: 2010-03-09 08:24:54 Author: SARWATCH

  Harare — ANGLO Platinum, the world's largest platinum producer says it will go ahead with its planned commissioning of the R3,4 billion Unki Mine later this year despite reservations among some investors over Zimbabwe's indigenisation policies.

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• Zimbabwe: Parly Committees to Tour SMM, Zisco

  Created: 2010-03-09 08:21:39 Author: The Herald

  Harare — The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy will visit the Shabani Mashava Mines as the legislature takes an interest in why the mine stopped operations last week after being disconnected over non-payment of Zesa bills.

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• Zimbabwe: Diamond Mining Firms Face Stern Parliament Rebuke

  Created: 2010-03-09 08:06:24 Author: Alex Bell - SW Radio Africa

  Two state authorised diamond mining firms, who have been mining the controversial Chiadzwa alluvial fields, could face a stern parliamentary rebuke for avoiding two consecutive parliamentary hearings on their activities.