ZIMBABWEAN communities are calling for sweeping changes to the way mining activities are regulated and overseen in their regions, citing concerns over environmental degradation, lack of transparency and inadequate compensation.
They argued that.
THE Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) has voiced concern over a growing number of entities seeking to conduct mining operations within national parks across the country.
The authority warned that the.
The Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Mudenda, has strongly opposed coal mining in Hwange National Park, citing alternative locations with abundant coal deposits.
This comes after a Chinese company, Sunny Yi Feng, recently proposed.
AUSTRALIAN energy firm, Invictus Energy Limited, has secured an environmental social impact assessment approval from the Zimbabwe Environmental Management Agency (Ema) to begin gas production at its Cabora Bassa Project.
The approval will.
VILLAGERS in Mudzi are reeling from the loss of a herd of cattle last week, which they suspect died after drinking water contaminated with cyanide. The contamination is believed to have come.
OPERATIONS by Chinese miner Chengxi Pvt Ltd, which is in partnership with President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s son Collins, have left hundreds of houses in Shurugwi Town with cracks with residents living in.
GOVERNMENT says over 300 illegal miners have been arrested across the country as authorities enforce a ban on alluvial mining.
Cabinet in August issued a directive to ban riverbed mining.
Government followed up the.
A RECENT underground explosion at a coal mine operated by Chinese firm Zhong Jian has intensified concerns over environmental and health impacts of Zimbabwe’s reliance on fossil fuel, the Zimbabwe Independent can.
GOVERNMENT has been urged to involve communities in the fight against riverbed mining after authorities imposed a ban on the practice.
In August this year, the government announced a ban on alluvial and.
BULAWAYO mayor David Coltart has said that police have failed to heed his call to intensify their patrols to curb illegal mining along rivers feeding into the city’s supply dams amid continued.
