THE government has begun the search for joint venture partners to resuscitate operations at several of its mothballed copper mines.
This is part of a wider plan to resume copper mining following a significant rise in copper prices this year.
“The Ministry of Mines and Mining Development will be submitting proposals in due course of the six projects, the re-treatment of the Mhangura and Alaska copper dumps which were previously approved by Cabinet whilst two new projects being the reopening of Angwa Mine in Chinhoyi and
Shamrock mine in Hurungwe were approved by Cabinet. Proposals on two other projects to make them a total of six will be presented in due course,” Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa told journalists on Tuesday after c
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