Disputes and uncertainty mar Zim's brilliant potential: Zimbabwe continues to both fascinate and frustrate. Its full mining potential has hardly been touched and ongoing disputes over ownership and certification, added to the impact of sanctions, continue to disrupt production. M J Morgan examines the key issues

Zimbabwe has the world's second-largest reserves of platinum and chrome as well as substantial gold, coal, diamonds and nickel deposits. But the process of realising that vast mineral endowment remains [...]