Projektnummer

0065711

Zusammenfassung

This study adopts a historical perspective to explore the productive potential of different uncertainties engendered by tribute mining arrangements, resource materialities, the vagaries of international base metal prices, and government policies on the artisanal and small-scale chromite mining industry in Zimbabwe since 1985. The tribute chromite mining system in Zimbabwe was established in 1985 to help large scale chromite mining companies mitigate the uncertainties generated by the slump in global base metal prices by allowing them to sub-let their claims to cooperatives and individu...