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Zimbabwe
Sichuan PD Times reaps coveted Kamativi lithium despite court battles

While two other unsuccessful contenders are still battling it out in the courts for the rights to exploit Kamativi's lithium's potential, ZMDC has already formed a partnership with a new Chinese player. [...]

Published on 24/10/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Nigerian tycoon Benedict Peters launches lithium mining project

With the backing of the Zimbabwean authorities, the Aiteo Group boss has obtained a lithium exploration permit in the sought-after Kamativi area. But he is planning to abandon his Maflox Claim platinum project.

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US ruling in von Pezold case saddles Harare with more debt

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has upheld the ruling ordering Zimbabwe to pay $440.3m in damages for the wrongful seizure of farmland in 2000 and 2001.

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Zimbabwean finance minister Mthuli Ncube on 3 August 2023 in Hwange, in the west of the country.

Zimbabwe
Nigerian billionaire Benedict Peters wavers between platinum and lithium in Harare

The oil-and-gas tycoon's enthusiasm for a platinum mine development project in Maflox Claims has dampened since his arrival in Zimbabwe in 2019, a few months before Emmerson Mnangagwa's election. His local company Bravura has not stuck to the regulatory requirements nor its promises to the authorities to invest.

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Interest in Makgadikgadi lithium surges

Mining investors have been looking to Africa's largest salt flat, the Makgadikgadi Pan in north-eastern Botswana, for its untapped lithium potential. Gaborone has issued several exploration permits to newcomers in recent months.

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Inner circles | Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa steps up pressure on ZMDC as general election looms

The Zimbabwean president is banking on the ZMDC, which he has radically overhauled, to get the country's stalled extractive sector moving again. The state-owned company, which manages the state's mining portfolio, is central to his government's economic strategy for winning the 2023 general election.

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Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Zimbabwe
Anglo American ordered to pay up in tax dispute

Veiled threats from Anglo American's management over future investments in the sector have not been enough. The mining giant, which is being sued by the Zimbabwean tax authorities for more than $24m in Unki platinum mine royalties, has seen the courts take the taxman's side and allow the seizure of its bank accounts.

Subscribers only Mining 07.11.2022

A woman walks past Anglo American Platinum's Unki mine in Shurugwi, Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe
Amari Resources fires back with swift legal response to Harare over expropriations

Lawyers pleading for South Africa's Amari Resources have wasted no time in responding to Harare's request that the case against it be dismissed. The state still refuses to accept a Zambia supreme court ruling asking it to compensate the mining firm for the cancellation of nickel and platinum licences.

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Zimbabwe
Harare calls Zambian Kalaluka to testify in Amari Resources arbitration

A major new player entered the US side of the $70m dispute between South Africa's Amari Resources and the state-owned Zimbabwe Mining Development Corp (ZMDC) on 19 August.

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Zimbabwe
Fearing seizures, Mnangagwa transfers state mining assets to a new entity

ZMDC, the state-owned company that owns the majority of the government's mining portfolio, needs to find more than $400m to compensate aggrieved former business partners.

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From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Mali, Senegal, Togo
The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

Zimbabwe
Sichuan PD Times reaps coveted Kamativi lithium despite court battles

Zimbabwe
Nigerian tycoon Benedict Peters launches lithium mining project

Zimbabwe
US ruling in von Pezold case saddles Harare with more debt

Zimbabwe
Nigerian billionaire Benedict Peters wavers between platinum and lithium in Harare

Botswana
Interest in Makgadikgadi lithium surges

Inner circles | Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa steps up pressure on ZMDC as general election looms

Zimbabwe
Anglo American ordered to pay up in tax dispute

Zimbabwe
Amari Resources fires back with swift legal response to Harare over expropriations

Zimbabwe
Harare calls Zambian Kalaluka to testify in Amari Resources arbitration

Zimbabwe
Fearing seizures, Mnangagwa transfers state mining assets to a new entity