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 　　HARARE, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- Top Zimbabwean and Russian officials on Tuesday launched a joint¹ venture platinum² mine that will start producing platinum in 2017 with ultimate investment mounting to 4.8 billion U.S. dollars.

　　Located 70 km west of Harare, the 6,500-hectare Darwendale platinum mine is billed to become Zimbabwe's biggest platinum mine when partial development is reached in 2021 with projected annual production of 530,000 ounces, officials said.

　　Zimbabwe, which holds the second largest platinum reserves in the world after South Africa, is currently producing 430,000 ounces of platinum annually³ from three mines which are Zimplats, Unki and Mimosa.

　　Zimbabwe, Russia platinum investment to hit 4.8 bln USD

　　The Darwendale mine is owned by a consortium of Zimbabwean investors⁴ operating under the name Pen East and Russian investors including VI Holdings, Rostec and Vnesheconombank. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attended the launch ceremony.

　　Speaking at the launch, Hesphina Rukato, the chairperson of the mining group -- Great Dyke⁵ Investments -- said the mine will be developed in three phases, with the first phase running from 2014 to 2017 entailing⁷ exploration, infrastructure⁸ development and commissioning of mining facilities.

　　The second phase from 2018 to 2021 will entail⁶ the establishment of a new mine and expansion of concentration capacity to produce 530,000 ounces of platinum per year. The third and full development phase will run from 2022 to 2024 and will see the expansion of platinum production to 800,000 ounces per year.

　　Rukato said the cost of the project for mining and establishment of a smelter is 3 billion U.S. dollars but will rise to 4.8 billion U.S. dollars after the establishment of a refinery⁹ between 2022 and 2024. The mining project will create 2,000 jobs in the first phase and a minimum of 5,000 in each of the two other phases.

　　Rukato explained that exploration work for the project started in 2006 but was suspended after encountering financial difficulties. New investors who came in 2013 resuscitated¹⁰ the project.

　　Speaking at the same occasion, Zimbabwean Mines Minister Walter Chidhakwa said the project will start adding 250,000 ounces to Zimbabwe's total platinum production in 2017.

　　He said with four more platinum concessions¹¹, Zimbabwe could easily reach 1 million platinum ounces per year in the next five years if these four were fully¹² developed.

1 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

2 platinum   

n.白金

参考例句：

• I'll give her a platinum ring.我打算送给她一枚白金戒指。
• Platinum exceeds gold in value.白金的价值高于黄金。

3 annually   

adv.一年一次，每年

参考例句：

• Many migratory birds visit this lake annually.许多候鸟每年到这个湖上作短期逗留。
• They celebrate their wedding anniversary annually.他们每年庆祝一番结婚纪念日。

4 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

5 dyke   

n.堤，水坝，排水沟

参考例句：

• If one sheep leap over the dyke,all the rest will follow.一只羊跳过沟，其余的羊也跟着跳。
• One ant-hole may cause the collapse of a thousand-li dyke.千里长堤，溃于蚁穴。

6 entail   

vt.使承担，使成为必要，需要

参考例句：

• Such a decision would entail a huge political risk.这样的决定势必带来巨大的政治风险。
• This job would entail your learning how to use a computer.这工作将需要你学会怎样用计算机。

7 entailing   

使…成为必要( entail的现在分词 )； 需要； 限定继承； 使必需

参考例句：

• Israel will face harsh new trials entailing territorial and functional concessions. 以色列将面临严峻的考验，在领土和能源方面做出让步。
• Taking on China over North Korea option entailing the most strategic risk. 让中国处理朝鲜问题冒有最大的战略风险。

8 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

9 refinery   

n.精炼厂，提炼厂

参考例句：

• They built a sugar refinery.他们建起了一座榨糖厂。
• The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。

10 resuscitated   

v.使（某人或某物）恢复知觉，苏醒( resuscitate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The doctor resuscitated the man who was overcome by gas. 医生救活了那个煤气中毒的人。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• She had been literally rejuvenated, resuscitated, brought back from the lip of the grave. 她确确实实返老还童了，恢复了精力，被从坟墓的进口处拉了回来。 来自辞典例句

11 concessions   

n.（尤指由政府或雇主给予的）特许权( concession的名词复数 )；承认；减价；（在某地的）特许经营权

参考例句：

• The firm will be forced to make concessions if it wants to avoid a strike. 要想避免罢工，公司将不得不作出一些让步。
• The concessions did little to placate the students. 让步根本未能平息学生的愤怒。

12 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。