Zimbabwe's minimum purchase price of cotton vigorously promoted cotton sales in this season. the New Ziana said that, according to the data form the Agriculture Marketing Authority (AMA), start from April of the cotton sales season, the ...
Zimbabwe is likely to miss its cotton production target of 250 million kg set for the ongoing selling season, which is expected to close by the end of August. For the current season, Agritex and farmers’ unions had set ...
Tags: Cotton Target
Africa’s number one coatings company, Kansai Plascon Africa Limited has partnered with Astra management and staff to acquire a 63.25 percent interest in the issued share capital in Astra Industries Limited, from the Finance Trust of ...
TWO members of the glass cartel — Glass South Africa and National Glass Distributors — have settled with the Competition Commission and had their settlement agreements confirmed on Thursday. The Competition Tribunal in June ...
Tags: Construction glass, Glass Cartel
Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Australian International Food Security Centre (AIFSC) have announced a 4-year, C$15m ($14.42m) research partnership to improve food security in Africa. The project, which ...
Tags: Food Security, Agriculture
In recent years there has been a sharp drop in the number of people employed in Zimbabwe’s textile and clothing sector, and the Government is now introducing a cluster based concept to put the industry back on track. Around ...
Tags: Cluster-Based Concept, Textile, Zimbabwe
Various stakeholders urged the Government departments to promote and buy uniforms made in Zimbabwe, at a two-day ‘Made in Zimbabwe’ clothing conference. The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority, the Zimbabwe National Army and the ...
Global steel giant ArcelorMittal has announced that its South African unit ArcelorMittal South Africa is supplying China's Sinohydro Corporation with reinforcing steel from its Newcastle plant for a number of hydroelectric projects across ...
Tags: rebar, longs, Zambia, Africa, ArcelorMittal, steelmaking, Istanbul
Indian government may have been trying hard to acquire a ‘Global Diamond Trading Hub’ status for its diamond industry on one hand but on the other hand if some figures are to be believed, it may be on verge of surrendering its ...
South African cement firm PPC plans to enter the Democratic Republic of Congo with a $200 million factory, its chief executive said. This cement plant is part of PPC's drive to boost sales outside its home market. The company plans to ...
Tags: Cement, Construction
The members of Kimberly Process (KP) who are opposing a proposal to redefine ‘Conflict Diamonds’ once again came under pressure when the World Diamond Council (WDC) recently reiterated its backing for the initiative. It ...
Tags: KP, Conflict Diamonds, Arts&Crafts
The quotes available on the market have risen again after its short, but strong drop during the middle of the reported week. Several reasons have been named for this development at the ICE in New York: The establishment of positions at ...
Israel-based flavor and ingredients manufacturer Frutarom Industries has acquired South African flavor company JannDeRee for approximately $5m. JannDeRee, established in 1993, develops, manufactures, and markets savory flavors and sweet ...
Tags: Frutarom, Flavor Firm Jannderee
Coloured gemstones are now increasingly finding place in jewellery sets of the young and fashion conscious Indian consumers. Gone are those days a few years back when people in India used to wear coloured gemstone jewellery with ...
Tags: Gemstone, Gemstone Industry, Crafts
The South African Competition Commission (SACC) has conducted an investigation into the dealings of six glass suppliers and has charged them with "cartel conduct" and proposed that a penalty be levied against them. The SACC had ...
Tags: Glass Suppliers, glass