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Zimbabwe gold output down 30% in first quarter

23rd April 2021

By: Reuters

  

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HARARE - Zimbabwe's gold production fell 30% to 3.98 tonnes in the first quarter of this year, while export earnings from the yellow metal also declined, central bank data showed on Friday.

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) did not give a reason for the decline, but small-scale miners who produce half of the mineral say shafts were flooded by above normal rainfall during the period.

RBZ said the southern African nation, which faces perennial shortages of foreign currency, earned $200-million from gold exports in the January-March quarter, down from $226-million during the same period last year.

Total gold output tumbled nearly a third to 19 tonnes last year after small-scale producers diverted the metal to illegal private dealers who pay more than the central bank gold refining unit, which is the country's sole buyer of bullion.

Edited by Reuters

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