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Tue May 21 03:03:05 SAST 2013

Past haunts Casablanca's infamous slum

Amplats to transfer 51% of Zimbabwe mine to locals

Reuters | 01 November, 2012 15:09
A mine shaft. File photo.
Image by: Jorge Duenes / REUTERS

Anglo American Platinum has agreed to transfer 51% of its Unki mine in Zimbabwe to locals, the firm said on Thursday.

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The world’s largest miner of the metal agreed to this following pressure from President Robert Mugabe’s government.

Mugabe is championing a controversial law which requires foreign-owned firms, mostly mines and banks, to surrender majority stakes in their Zimbabwean operations to local blacks.

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