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Zimbabwe plans to ban the export of raw minerals, including platinum, in the next five years to encourage local processing, says a deputy mines minister.
South Africa and Zimbabwe suffer the most economically when the doctors they train emigrate.
Anglo Platinum is to give up a portion of its Unki project as part of Zimbabwe's empowerment rules.
Impala Platinum says first-quarter gross platinum production declined by 12% due to operational issues and safety-related stoppages.
Zimplats says a shutdown caused production to drop and that it is on track to submit a revised local ownership plan to the Zimbabwean government.
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says a minimum 30% local ownership of foreign mining firms is too high.
In unprecedented criticism, SA's ambassador to Harare Vusi Mavimbela has condemned Robert Mugabe's seizure of white-owned land and threats against SA firms.
A handful of diamond mining companies affected by crippling power cuts in Zimbabwe have been forced to set up their own dedicated $36m power line, a newspaper reported.
Miner Zimplats says its operating licence has not been cancelled and discussions between management and the authorities are ongoing.
Zimbabwe's black empowerment minister says an SA-controlled company will be the first mining firm to have its licence revoked under ownership legislation.
China's finance minister is to visit Zimbabwe, weeks after $10bn in investments in mining, agriculture and infrastructure was announced.
China has offered to pay Harare the equivalent of half its GDP for its platinum reserves, a newspaper reports.
Harare's industry minister says a Zanu-PF proposal that US and British business executives be targeted unless they denounce sanctions, will not be heeded.
The Zimbabwean economy is expected to grow by almost 11% next year and inflation, which recently ran into the billions of percent, should fall to below 5%.
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