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Mnangagwa pampers mining explosives champion Intrachem

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa. © Aaron Ufumeli/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Harare's tariff assistance to Zimbabwe's mining explosives leader Intrachem comes as the firm is moving away from being purely an importer to becoming a producer. Its pyrotechnics are a key part of President Mnangagwa's mining revival strategy. [...]

Published on 12/01/2021 at 06:00 GMT

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Senegal
Paris and Dakar mull defence relations

Morocco
US-China trade war threatens Morocco's nascent battery industry

Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa pampers mining explosives champion Intrachem

Zimbabwe
Simisani Kupe-Jonathan Harris alliance shakes up Bulawayo gold sector

Spotlight | Libya, Russia
West worried as AGOCO-Zarubezhneft rapprochement picks up pace

Africa, Oman, Zimbabwe
Muscat bets on Africa to supply the world with strategic metals

Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa goes all out for Prospect Resources lithium launch

Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa battered by VP resignation and US sanctions renewal

Zimbabwe
Grain Trading Co surfs on Mnangagwa's agricultural strategy

Zimbabwe
Diplomacy in crisis after Covid death of foreign minister Moyo

Spotlight | Mozambique
Total calls on army to secure Afungi facility site in Cabo Delgado

Zimbabwe
Business tycoon Kuda Tagwirei's stamp is all over state's new mining behemoth

Botswana
Botswana-Zimbabwe geology expert duo found Tshukudu Resources

Zimbabwe
Cash-strapped Mnangagwa takes on copper thieves

Zimbabwe
B2Gold poised for new strike on Metallon's gold?

Spotlight | Africa, DRC, Guinea
Alliance of mining expert and lobbyists creates stronghold on continent

Zimbabwe
Harare's envoys court Australian miners on their home turf