Zimbabwe asbestos mines are facing closure as South Africa, one of the major importers of the products, has reportedly banned the use of asbestos materials, The Sunday Mail reported.

There was no activity on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) bourse Tuesday as
the benchmark industrial index dropped a marginal 0,20 percent to close at 5
785 301 278 304 520 000.00 points while the mining index remained unchanged
at 6 892 435 840 435 660 000.00

Inflation is somewhere in the millions – or perhaps the billions – and the economy is the fastest shrinking on Earth. But Zimbabwe is the "best investment opportunity" in Africa, financiers at a seminar in South Africa have heard.

While markets across the world have been crashing, the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange has being seeing record