Mining industry of Zimbabwe

Agincourt Mine, Mberengwa

The mining industry of Zimbabwe is administered by the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development, the Department of Geological Survey, the Department of Metallurgy, and the Mining promotion and Development Department. The country's main commodities include metallurgical-grade chromite, as well as asbestos, coal, copper, gold, nickel, and iron ore.

Gallery

Mashava asbestos mine
Mutorashanga mine

References

External links

Media related to Mining in Zimbabwe at Wikimedia Commons

Mining industry of Africa

Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)

Economy of Zimbabwe

Currencies in circulation: *US dollar (For official Government transactions), South African rand, Euro and Botswana pula* Former currency: Zimbabwean dollar (now defunct due to hyperinflation)

Economic history	Economic history

Industry and business	Industrial history

Trade and infrastructure	Trade history Transportation Communications Postal Tourism

Taxation	Tax system

Finance and banking	Banking Currency/Banknotes Hyperinflation

Economic-related topics	Agriculture Demographics

Development	International rankings

Categories List of Zimbabwe-related topics

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