Zimbabwe

Uncertainty over Michel Barnier's tour

There are a number of uncertainties over the trip that the French foreign affairs minister, Michel Barnier, is to make [...]

Businessmen forced into exile

The anti-corruption campaign by Robert Mugabe's government has forced certain businessmen hitherto close to the administration into exile.

Angloplats Sticks to 2007 Target

Despite the government's recent threat to grab a 49% holding in foreign mining companies in the name of "indigenisation," Anglo [...]

Cloud Over Metallon Listing

Legal obstacles are arising over the future listing of Metallon [...]

Delicate trade negotiations with the USA

The trade negotiations between the USA and the South African Customs Union (SACU, comprising South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and [...]

MDC looking for second wind

The president of MDC (opposition) is trying to put his party's house in order before its conference in December and the elections next year.

Conference on Southern Africa

The British press group The Economist is organising a panel [...]

Chinese detour for Alcatel

The Chinese subsidiary of the French company Alcatel has just won a contract with a private telecommunications operator in Zimbabwe.

Solomon Mujuru

Retired general and ex-armed forces chief Solomon Mujuru and former ZANU-PF MP Tirivanhu Mudariki have acquired an interest, through their [...]

Wankie Colliery needs $25 million

Coal producer Wankie Colliery Company is trying to set up [...]

A new US ambassador

President George W. Bush has recently appointed a new United States ambassador to Zimbabwe, Christopher William Dell, a seasoned career [...]

Rio Tinto reorganising in Zimbabwe

The company Rio Tinto Zimbabwe Ltd (RioZim), which has considerably reduced its activity these last few months in order concentrate [...]

Rio Tinto Cuts Back on Exploration

Rio Tinto Zimbabwe has considerably cut back its exploration operations in Zimbabwe over the past six months. The company, 56% [...]

Leonard Chimimba

The chief executive of Zimbabwe's Bindura Nickel Corporation, Leonard Chimimba, was killed with a bullet in the neck by unknown [...]

Mawere Promotes Asbestos Mines

Fearing the sale of asbestos could shortly be banned in [...]

US hold on the Nacala corridor in southern Africa

The American administration as well as a number of private American companies are taking a keen interest in the Nacala [...]

Albidon in Broad Offensive

The mining firm Albidon Ltd., which was recently listed on London's Alternative Investment Market and the Australian Stock Exchange, is [...]

D. Lovell Mubayiwa

A long-standing member of the management team of the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC), Dominic Lovell Mubayiwa, has been named [...]

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