Analysis - Mining Index Zimbabwe

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miningnews - July 16, 2026

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From extraction to intelligence: How smart mining will define Zimbabwe’s next growth chapter

Deep underground, a miner’s safety depends on more than training and procedures. In this dangerous environment, reliable communication, real-time data, and connected systems that can identify risks before they become incidents are all potentially lifesaving. That is particularly meaningful for Zimbabwe, whose mining sector contributes approximately 13.5% of GDP, generates around 80% of export earnings […]

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miningnews - July 9, 2026

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The Strategic Imperative of Mineral Beneficiation: America’s Industrial Collapse and the Global South’s Path to Sovereignty

In an era where critical minerals redefine global geopolitics and energy transition trajectories, resource endowment no longer equates to national sovereignty. The generational collapse of America’s rare earth industry offers a sobering strategic lesson for all resource-based economies: mineral wealth delivers no lasting power through raw commodity exports alone. True industrial sovereignty derives from autonomous […]

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miningnews - March 5, 2026

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Beneficiation beyond rhetoric: Policy actions for sustainable mineral value chains in Zim

ZIMBABWE possesses a wealth of mineral resources, including lithium, platinum group of metals, chrome, gold and iron ore, yet the country continues to export much of its mineral output in unprocessed form, forfeiting substantial economic and industrial potential. Transforming these resources into domestic value requires more than policy declarations; it necessitates a structured and coherent […]

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miningnews - February 26, 2026

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Why Zimbabwe has announced a suspension on raw minerals and lithium concentrate exports

Zimbabwe has suspended exports of all raw minerals and lithium concentrates with immediate effect, weeks after warning miners that it would take action to curb leakages and “malpractices” during exports. In a statement Wednesday, Mines Minister Polite Kambamura said the suspension is in the “national interest” and applies even to minerals already in transit. “Government […]

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miningnews - December 2, 2025

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Why Mthuli’s new mine tax changes may shake Zimbabwe’s biggest gold investment in years — and red-flag new projects

It’s a familiar Zimbabwean story: a big investment plan lands on the table, and then policy shifts force the investor back to the calculator. Last week, Caledonia Mining announced plans to raise up to US$484 million in new investment to build Bilboes, potentially Zimbabwe’s largest gold mine. But the company may now have to revisit […]

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miningnews - July 15, 2025

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Lithium: How to make sure benefits flow to the local economy

ZIMBABWE has the largest lithium reserves on the African continent. Lithium has been mined since the colonial period in the 1950s. It’s a critical part of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that are essential for the electric vehicle industry. Globally, the lithium-ion battery market is worth US$78,9 billion and is likely to reach US$349,6 billion by 2034. […]

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miningnews - February 5, 2025

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Rituals, rites and rumours: how women claim power in Zimbabwe’s informal gold mines

In Zimbabwe they say, hanzi bhande rinonzvenga vakadzi vakapinda mumigoghi (The gold belt will disappear if women go into the underground mine). Many men on artisanal or small-scale gold mining sites are uncomfortable working with women in their syndicates because of this commonly held cultural belief, that women “pollute” the sacredness of the mining space. Yet women […]

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miningnews - March 23, 2024

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Of Hwange communities living in the shadow of coal-fired power station

ZIMBABWE’S mineral wealth is a fluck of nature. Its earth is packed with such metal ores as gold, lithium, diamond, granite and coal along the vast seams in this part of the southern African country. Throughout the colonial period, colonisers have exploited and extracted these mineral resources. Four decades after Zimbabwe attained its independence the […]

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miningnews - August 9, 2023

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Mberengwa communities demand fair game…as Kuvimba raises hopes with lucrative lithium find

IN OCTOBER 2022, Mberengwa — a remote outback district in Zimbabwe’s Midlands province, was just another impoverished region where villagers struggled to make ends meet. Perennially saddled with droughts due to low rainfall, Mberengwa is one of Zimbabwe’s poorest districts where some villagers battle grinding food shortages. Still concerns permeate through the district that while […]

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miningnews - February 3, 2023

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Of the RBZ monies to stockpile metal reserves

IN his 2023 national budget propositions, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, announced new revenue collection measures with regard to mining royalties. Although royalties have always been collected in cash, new measures have been put into place in line with government’s intention to build up precious mineral reserves while mitigating against revenue loss. Mining houses will, therefore, […]