Zimbabwe joins the wave of resource nationalism

IN December 2022, Zimbabwe banned raw lithium ore exports to minimise the economic potential of artisanal mining and encourage investments in state-approved production facilities. Then, in January 2023, another ban followed, according to the state-owned newspaper the Herald, this time covering all base mineral ores. By Isabeau van Halm “No lithium-bearing ores, or unbeneficiated lithium whatsoever,…

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