Abstract
After 18 years of confinement in the detention barracks of the former white regime, the Minister of Mines, Maurice Nyagumbo, is newly settled in his ministerial office.
With the inheritance of a strongly capitalistic economy, the newly independent nation of Zimbabwe has adopted a pragmatic approach towards socialism. The mining industry has been left essentially intact and Government officials have assured investors that there will be no nationalization of the mines. However, the Government has announced proposals to establish a state-owned minerals and marketing agency.
The Raw Materials Report has met the Minister of Mines for an exclusive interview on Government mining policies.