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Closed Mines in Zimbabwe – What we know about Alaska Mine
Alaska Mine is a large open pit copper mine which is 20 km from Chinhoyi town.
In pre-colonial times, miners were believed to have mined about a.
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Zimbabwe must lead the lithium rEVolution in Africa
By Features Reporter – Wednesday 21 October 2020
ANALYSIS (Mining Index) – WITH total worldwide lithium (Li) reserves estimated at 17,000,000 MT, Zimbabwe.
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Zimbabwe’s coal resource estimated at 26 billion tonnes
By Business Reporter – Thursday 27 August 2020
HARARE (Mining Index) – DID you know that Zimbabwe has an estimated coal resource of 26 billion tonnes?
Hwange area hosts large reserves of both coking.
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Is copper still being mined in Zimbabwe?
HARARE (Mining Index) – THERE is currently no large scale copper mining operations being undertaken in Zimbabwe. A few small to medium scale isolated operations are being conducted in Mashonaland West province.
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Tourmaline – a semi-precious stone worth mining
By Features Reporter – Thursday 16 January 2020
HARARE (Mining Index) – THERE is great potential to extract tourmaline and other semi-precious stones that remain under explored in most provinces of Zimbabwe, whose.
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Mine asbestos while the sun shines
By Features Reporter – 27 December 2018
ANALYSIS – HARARE (Mining Index) – THE use of asbestos or asbestos containing materials will certainly cease within the construction sector, rendering asbestos deposits worthless.
Will Zimbabwe.
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Zimbabwe’s 45 billion tons of iron ore deposits under threat from global steel industry decline
By Business Reporter – 20 December 2018
HARARE (Mining Index) – GOVERNMENT has been urged to prioritise large-scale extraction of the 45 billion tonnes of iron ore reserves in Chivhu as global steel.
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Multi-billion dollar Zimbabwean gas project lying idle
By Features Reporter
ANALYSIS (Mining Index) – FOUR years later after discovery of coal bed methane in Matebeleland North province, Zimbabwe still sits on this multi-billion dollar project, while the country continue to battle.
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Tantalum, Uranium – potential nuclear electricity sources for Zimbabwe
By Business Reporter
HARARE (Mining Index) – CLASSIFIED as a metal and an excellent conductor of heat and electricity, tantalite is a heavy, hard, blue-grey or black shiny mineral found in granite rocks.
While.
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Vermiculite, an alternative to asbestos
By Own Correspondent
VERMICULITE is fast replacing asbestos, with potential to redefine the country’s manufacturing and construction sectors owing to its key value propositions.
In applications where asbestos is used, vermiculite is coming in.