Govt to provide modalities for exporting chrome

Deputy Mines and Mining Development Minister Fred Moyo says government is working on a Statutory Instrument that will provide legal modalities for exporting chrome ore.

Once it is in place, the Government will start issuing export permits to chrome producers.

Several chrome mining companies have already applied for licenses after the Government lifted the ban on chrome ore exports in June this year.

The Government imposed ban on chrome ore exports in 2011 to encourage beneficiation. The 2011 ban on exports was not the first as the Government in 2007 suspended raw chrome exports before lifting the ban in 2009.