HARARE — The Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) is set to start a metal production programme with Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) and a Chinese firm on concessions taken from Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) and Impala Platinum Holdings (Implats).A venture with ENRC, controlled by businessmen from Kazakhstan and the government of the former Soviet republic, is due to start producing platinum in the first quarter of next year.An exploration report from an alliance with the Chinese company, previously identified as Norinco International Co-operation, is due by year-end."Everything is on course" for the venture with ENRC to start production … by April, Jerry Ndlovu, MD of the state-owned ZMDC, said on Wednesday in Harare.ENRC declined to comment.Zimbabwe, which has the world’s biggest resources of platinum after South Africa, is trying to expand its mining industry to help the country recover from a decade of economic contraction between 2000 and 2009.Failed ...
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