Zimplats Halts Open Cast Platinum Mining

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Mon, Feb 9, 2009

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Post by Melissa Pistilli, Platinum Reporter

South African owned Zimbabwe Platinum Mines has shut down its open cast mining operations at Ngezi Mine along the rich great dyke, citing a drop in platinum prices on the international market and increasing operating costs in the troubled southern African country.

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