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Miners in Zimbabwe 津巴布韦的矿业公司 WHEN, a year ago, Zimbabwe confirmed plans to make all white- and foreign-ownedcompanies cede a 51% stake of their local operations to black Zimbabweans, it was taken asa bit of a joke. 一年前，当津巴布韦确定迫使所有白人或外国控股的公司在当地运作的51%的股票转让给津巴布韦黑人时，大家都将其视为一个玩笑， another populist ploy by President Robert Mugabe s Zanu-PF party to attract support aheadof impending elections. 这是总统罗伯特?穆加贝的非洲民族联盟在为即将到来的大选赢得支持的平民主义伎俩。 As late as last August David Brown, head of Impala Platinum , the world s second-biggestplatinum producer, was still confident that the 51% will not happen. 就算在八月份，全球第二大铂金生产商帕拉铂金公司的CEO大卫布朗仍然非常自信那51%股票转让是不会发生的 Well, it has done, leaving other miners in Zimbabwe shaking in their boots. 然而，这一进程终究到来，津巴布韦其他的矿业公司为此惊慌失措。 After months of haggling and threats, Impala this week announced a plan to transfer at anappropriate value a 51% holding in Zimplats, its Zimbabwean subsidiary. | 
