adminTobacco planting preparations start
Farai Rugeje Harare Bureau PREPARATIONS for the 2015 tobacco planting season have started with more than 290,280 grammes of flue-cured seed having been sold by the end of May. The…
Home Affairs takes over copper trade licensing
Harare Bureau THE Ministry of Home Affairs has taken over the licensing of copper traders to reduce smuggling, Parliament heard yesterday. Home Affairs permanent secretary Melusi Matshiya told the Senate…
Manufacturing sector capacity utilisation to decline in 2014
Capacity utilisation in the manufacturing sector is expected to decline further this year as firms continue to operate under difficult conditions. Capacity utilisation in the manufacturing sector recorded improvements after…
Cotton growers threaten to boycott harvests over prices
Elita Chikwati Agriculture Reporter Cotton growers are threatening to boycott harvesting their crop if ginners do not come up with a viable producer price. The farmers said it was better…
Malawi tobacco sales breach $80m mark
Malawi tobacco sales have hit over US$80 million in the first eight weeks of trading on the country’s auction floors, the Auction Holdings Limited said yesterday. AHL said in its…
Platinum strike putting SA growth at risk
JOHANNESBURG —A four-month strike in South Africa’s platinum mining industry is hampering growth and threatening efforts to narrow the current-account deficit, according to Lungisa Fuzile, the director-general of the National…
Key Russian economic forum opens amid worries, Western no-shows
PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin’s showcase economic forum opened in his hometown yesterday amid worrying times for Russia’s economy and pullouts by Western business chiefs over the crisis in Ukraine. Fresh from…
Ghana to stop handing out gold exploration permits
AFRICA’S second-largest gold producer, Ghana, will stop issuing new gold prospecting permits for an initial 90-day period, while it works on making an inventory of unused concessions, the country’s minerals…
Sweden to sue EU for delay on hormone disrupting chemicals
SWEDEN yesterday said it would sue the European Commission over a delay in identifying harmful chemicals in everyday products, which it blamed on chemical industry lobbying. “This (delay) is due…
McDonald’s vacates headquarters due to worker protests
THOUSANDS of protesters marched on a McDonald’s campus that houses its Hamburger University training facility, demanding higher wages for workers. The site of the planned protest was changed after McDonald’s…