Zimbabwe’s Minister of Mines and Mining Development, Polite Kambamura, announced on Wednesday that all exports of raw minerals and lithium concentrates would be banned until further notice due to unspecified “continued malpractices” in the mining industry.

Kamambura told reporters the ban would take effect immediately and would even apply to minerals “currently in transit.”

The mining ministry said it expects “cooperation of the mining industry on this measure which has been taken in the national interest.”

“Government remains committed to ensuring transparency, in-country value addition and beneficiation, compliance, and accountability in the…

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