28. According to the Chamber of Mines, increased demand for Rhodesian chrome by the Allies resulted in an upsurge in the value of chrome exports from ?186,577 in 1939 to ?667,254 by 1942. See Chamber of Mines of Rhodesia, Annual Report for the Year 1942 (Salisbury, 1943), p. ... The Southern Rhodesia government set up the …
Mining in Northern Rhodesia: A Chronicle of Mineral Exploration and Mining Development. Joseph Austen Bancroft. British South ... Congo Border Roan Antelope Sable Antelope schists Serenje shaft shales smelter smelting South Africa South Africa Company Southern square miles sulphide syncline Tanganyika Tete tons of copper traversed trenching ...
Rhodes, Rhodesia and the Rand 81. gold from pyrite ore and at the same time had given the Rand mines a greatly im-. proved return per ton. Of more important long-term significance was the second. development-the formulation of the 'deep-level theory' and the beginnings of exploratory drilling.
The Great Dyke is one of the most remarkable geological features known. Over five hundred kiolmetres long and rarely more than ten wide, it traverses the Archean Shield of Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) from north to south. Within layered ultrabasic rocks are several seams of chromite. These are strikingly persistent and together constitute the world's ...
9 Report of the Commission of Enquiry into the Mining Industry of Southern Rhodesia (1945), 21.Google Scholar. 10 10 Ibid. 3. 11 11 A number of attempts were made to reduce African wages. The most important of these were made in 1898, 1901 and 1906.
It examines the case of copper mining in Zambia (previously Northern Rhodesia), which presented an unusual situation in which business was confronted by two competing nationalisms – white settler and Black …
DeRoche, Black, Whi te and Chrome and C arl Peter Watt s, Rhodesia 's Unilater al Declaration of Indepen dence: An Inte rnation al History (N ew York, 2012 ). 10 .
Phimister's doctoral thesis (and subsequent articles) on Southern Rhodesia's mining history offer an indispensable study of the development, growth and …
Ancient mining in Rhodesia and adjacent areas, by Roger Summers. Request Order a copy. Bib ID: 418432 Format: Book Author: ... xv, 236 p. illus. 26 cm. Series: Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. National Museum of Southern Rhodesia. Museum memoir ; no. 3 Notes: Bibliography: p. 221-223. Subject: Mines and mineral resources -- Zimbabwe -- …
The Gold Mines of Southern Rhodesia; Selected Mining and Postal Histories to 1924. Durban 1996. Photocopy from Rhodesia Study Circle. Notes. By 1900, the BSAC was administering both Southern Rhodesia and Northern Rhodesia, and by various means had acquired substantial land and mineral rights. BSAC rule ended in Southern …
The Great Dyke is one of the most remarkable geological features known. Over five hundred kiolmetres long and rarely more than ten wide, it traverses the Archean Shield …
The high-grade deposits at Gwelo (includes Selukwe and Victoria, Lomagundi and Hartley) of Rhodesia occur near the amazing Great dyke, ... Chromium in nature …
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In Southern Rhodesia, considerable investment was in chrome mining; Union Carbide, the second-largest chemical company in the United States, had owned African Chrome Mines (Rhodesia) since 1929. Southern Rhodesian chrome was regarded as the "finest metallurgical chrome ore that has ever been found."
Rhodesia [Zimbabwe]. 'Underground in the Selukwe chrome mine, Southern Rhodesia. Southern Rhodesia is the largest producer of chrome ore (chromite) in the …
copper and chrome. For example, in 1954 Southern Rhodesia exported over 260,000 tons of chrome to America, which amounted to nearly double what US mines produced. …
Colony of Southern Rhodesia. Brief History. Cecil Rhodes. Named after Cecil Rhodes, Southern Rhodesia was to be formed as part of the scramble for Africa and in particular the competition between the Boers and British for domination in Southern Africa. However the lands were under the control of the powerful Matabele tribe and their chief ...
In the mining sector, Rhodesia in 1965 was the world's third largest producer of asbestos as well as a significant producer of chrome ore. Gold, copper, coal, iron ore, and tin were ... of Southern Rhodesia, in « East African Economics Review », June, 1964, pp. 72-73. ... chrome, pig-iron, sugar, tobacco, copper, meat products, hides,
It is being said the Eureka Gold Mine of Sipolilo, now Guruve, was discovered and pegged in 1895. The Eureka Mine is about 36km North of Chininga Village. History records that Anthony Lehmair ...
47 per cent of the 33,6i8 in secondary industry-in sum, no less than 63 per cent of all able-bodied African males of Southern Rhodesian origin. A further 9 per cent, 25,000 Africans, have migrated illegally to the Union. Only 28 per cent-in one district, 7 per cent32- …
In Southern Rhodesia, considerable investment was in chrome mining; Union Carbide, the second-largest chemical company in the United States, had owned …
Large mining companies are reported to have invested about £1 million in exploration in the first decade of the twentieth century (Frankel, 1938:248). Available estimates suggest that in the decade between 1921 and 1931, a total of £25 million was invested in the copper industry in Northern Rhodesia (ibid.: 162).
SOUTHERN RHODESIA, 1923-1929 BY IAN PHIMISTER I cannot quite get over the fact of the huge profits the Trusts ... significantly interested in Rhodesia Chrome Mines Ltd, in …
chrome mining in Southern Rhodesia had been largely confined to the Selukwe area where the bulk of the mines were owned by Rhodesia Chrome Mines. A few smaller concerns also mined chrome, especially along the Great Dyke in the Umvukwes area, where production had commenced in 1918 in response to increased world demand …
mining in southern rhodesia linecocoza. chrome mining in southern rhodesia crushercrusherprocess The Political Economy of Rhodesia New Left Reviewpolitical development in Southern Rhodesia, was the British South Africa Company's companies were already Shurugwi Chrome Mine (Rhodesia Chrome Mine), Shurugwi District, …
A year later, given that chrome ore was a major export commodity for Southern Rhodesia, it was added to the embargo in Resolution 314 (Security Council 1972a, b). Although the Council supported other Committee recommendations, countries continued to violate the sanctions (Security Council Report 2013 ).
Formerly known as Southern Rhodesia. Colonization began in 1888, when Cecil John Rhodes obtained mineral rights and the area was put under control of the British South African Company. In 1923, Rhodesia became a British Crown Colony. The country declared its independence in 1965, and was renamed Zimbabwe in 1979.[1]
3 For the modern law, see C. M. Ushewokunze, "The Legal Framework of Copper production in Zambia," (1974) 6 Zambia L.J. 75. The provisions of the 1958 ordinance are examined in detail in Williams, H. M., The Mining Law of Northern Rhodesia, London, 1963. Google Scholar This article is based on research in the Public Records Office, …
Rhodesia Chrome Mines Limited cheque drawn on The Standard Bank of South Africa (Incorporating the African Banking Corporation Limited), Selukwe Southern Rhodesia Branch. The cheque is dated 2nd March 1939, with presentation on 7th March and payment effected on 9th March 1939. Rhodesia Chrome Mines was incorporated on 27th June …