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Covid-19 hampers the Pouroulis family's search for chrome buyers

The family of mining and oil magnate Adonis Pouroulis has seen the coronavirus pandemic delay the start of production at its new mine in Zimbabwe and hamper its efforts to conclude ore offtake contracts. [...]

Published on 30.06.2020 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Adonis Pouroulis
Afrochine Smelting
Covid-19
Emmerson Mnangagwa
Karo Holdings
Loucas Pouroulis
Phoevos Pouroulis
Portnex
Pouroulis
Salene Chrome
Tharisa
Tsingshan Holding Group
Zimasco

Zimbabwe
ChinaZim again ordered to compensate Zimasco for ferrochrome theft

Zimbabwe's Zimasco is to receive compensation from its former Chinese mining contractor, ChinaZim, for the unauthorised exploitation of its ferrochrome deposits. But the sum the court awarded - $780,000 - is lower than the value Zimasco put on the stolen ore.

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Zimbabwe
Government looks to speed up reopening of ZiscoSteel ahead of presidential elections

Thanks to funding from Kuvimba Mining House, the state-controlled firm with links with controversial business magnate Kudakwashe Tagwirei, Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa hopes to speed up the reopening of former industrial flagship Ziscosteel in time for the 2023 elections.

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Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (ZISCO) facilities in Redcliff, Kwekwe, Zimbabwe.

Botswana
Zimbabwean mining group Berkan-Fellmann moves into Gaborone

Zimbabwean mining duo Kevin Makoni and Deric Dube, owners of Berkan-Fellmann, founded two entities in Botswana on 22 October: Excalibur Resources and Bullion Investments.

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Africa, Oman, Zimbabwe
Muscat bets on Africa to supply the world with strategic metals

A joint venture between the Oman sovereign wealth fund, a British company and a Dubai firm is building the first antimony roaster outside of China and has turned to Africa to find its supply of this ore, widely used in batteries and electronics but of which there are few resources in the Gulf.

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Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa indulges Chinese miners despite growing unrest

Although Zimbabwe has been beset by a wave of protests against Chinese mining firms over the last month, the government is still dishing out new licences to those that are already active in the country.

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Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Africa
Mining and oil magnate Adonis Pouroulis orchestrates his African ventures from Guernsey

A prolific figure in the extractive industry throughout Africa, the Pouroulis family heir oversees most of his investments via the Guernsey trust company Artemis Trustees founded by his business partner Robert Sinclair.

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Mining and energy tycoon Adonis Pouroulis. Many of his Guernsey-registered firms are managed by fiduciary services provider Artemis Trustees.

Spotlight | Zimbabwe
Pouroulis family's platinum record in Harare

Emmerson Mnangagwa, who has struggled to find investors to spearhead the country's recovery since stepping into power after Robert Mugabe's fall, is happy to see the Cypriot family Pouroulis making progress in the country. For its part, this entrepreneurial clan [.

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Phoevos Pouroulis (left) and Loucas Pouroulis.

Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa and Pouroulis (Karo) solar powered partnership

The start of work on the 300 MW Chegutu solar power project by Cypriot mining magnate Loucas Pouroulis, founder of [...]

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Zimbabwe
Emmerson Mnangagwa busy helping foreign miners

Zimbabwe's great political shift that saw Robert Mugabe ousted from the presidential seat that Emmerson Mnangagwa then took up, seems [...]

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Salene Chrome
Tharisa
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Guinea
Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Zimbabwe
Covid-19 hampers the Pouroulis family's search for chrome buyers

Zimbabwe
ChinaZim again ordered to compensate Zimasco for ferrochrome theft

Zimbabwe
Government looks to speed up reopening of ZiscoSteel ahead of presidential elections

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Zimbabwean mining group Berkan-Fellmann moves into Gaborone

Africa, Oman, Zimbabwe
Muscat bets on Africa to supply the world with strategic metals

Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa indulges Chinese miners despite growing unrest

Africa
Mining and oil magnate Adonis Pouroulis orchestrates his African ventures from Guernsey

Spotlight | Zimbabwe
Pouroulis family's platinum record in Harare

Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa and Pouroulis (Karo) solar powered partnership

Zimbabwe
Emmerson Mnangagwa busy helping foreign miners