Zimbabwe partially rejects Mimosa indigenisation plan

Platinum miners Impala Platinum (Implats) and Aquarius Platinum said on Friday that Zimbabwe had rejected a portion of the indigenisation plan for the Mimosa mine, which they jointly own. Implats said it would negotiate with Youth Development,...

Zimbabwe Minister wants Implats to sell Mimosa stake

Platinum major Impala Platinum (Implats) has not received any official notification from the Zimbabwean government to sell a stake in its Mimosa mine, the JSE-listed company said on Monday. This comes after Zimbabwean Youth Development,...

Producer moving towards Zim indigenisation compliance

The world’s fourth-largest platinum miner Aquarius Platinum has announced that as part of the continuing indigenisation compliance negotiations between its indirect 50% subsidiary Mimosa Holdings and the government of Zimbabwe, Mimosa has signed...

Mimosa mine, Zimbabwe

An underground mine, situated in Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe’s promising platinum future

Palladium and platinum supplies decreased in Russia and North America, while supplies of the metals climbed in Zimbabwe last year, states platinum refiner and specialist Johnson Matthey’s ‘Platinum 2010’ report.

Aquarius staying the course in Zimbabwe

Mid-tier platinum producer Aquarius Platinum continued to “believe in" and operate its 50%-owned Mimosa mine, in Zimbabwe, in spite of a recent escalation in political tension in the Southern African country, it said on Tuesday. “We are...

Zimbabwe monthly platinum production slightly up

Provisional figures from the Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe indicate that monthly gold production increased slightly from 1 053 kg in September to 1 070 kg in October, pushing total output for the first ten months of 2006 to 9 405 kg.

Aquarius and Impala to up capacity at Mimosa

Platinum miners Aquarius Platinum and Impala Platinum have announced that their jointly-owned Zimbabwean mine, Mimosa Platinum, will be expanded to 168 750 platinum-group metal (PGM) ounces a year after spend on the expansion was given the...

Zimbabwe potential lies latent as growth push ramps-up in South Africa

The world’s second-largest platinum producer, Impala Platinum (Implats), expects less than 10% of the 2,3-million ounces of platinum it plans to produce by 2010 to arise from the politically-volatile Southern African country of Zimbabwe.

Zim to account for 20% of Implats' output by 2014

Impala Platinum’s Zimbabwean operation is expected to make a greater contribution to the company’s total production of platinum ounces.

Can Zim mining empowerment plan be financed?

The Zimbabwe government’s transformation targets for the country’s diversified mining sector could see the country become less competitive as a mining-investment destination, especially against neighbouring South Africa and other...

Zimbabwe and mining empowerment

Questions raised about whether plan can be financed