Government has moved to reserve its highly lucrative small- and medium-scale gold mining sector exclusively for local ownership in one of its most far-reaching resource policies in years, barring foreign individuals, foreign-controlled.
Zimbabwe’s small-scale gold miners are aiming to more than double their annual output to a historic 60 tonnes this year, up from 28 tonnes last year.
The sector, which already contributes 65 percent.
Several artisanal miners have reportedly died after a mine collapse at Chegutu–Alisha Mine, near Pickstone Mine in Chegutu.
Sources say at least five bodies have been retrieved so far, with rescue and recovery.
The Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) says Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube’s plan to double gold royalties will scare off new investment and promote gold smuggling.
ZMF represents small-scale miners, who produce over 75% of.
VILLAGERS in Gwanda, Matabeleland South province, have flagged the activities of rogue artisanal miners wreaking havoc in their communities after they invaded a field at a children’s home.
The gold miners have also.
BULAWAYO mayor David Coltart has called on the police to intensify patrols and help to end illegal mining activities along rivers that feed into city’s supply dams.
Coltart told Southern Eye yesterday that.
SIX Bulawayo man facing a charge of gold panning at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) have been remanded in custody to April 25.
They pleaded not guilty when they appeared.
Government through cabinet has agreed to remove all unregistered artisanal miners along rivers the Mazowe River as part of its efforts to curb cholera spread.
In a raft of measures being.
POLICE in the Midlands province have urged mining companies and other stakeholders to come up with solutions to curb increasing cases of murder at mining sites as gun-toting and machete-wielding gangs terrorise.
GOVERNMENT has halted efforts to retrieve the remaining bodies of miners trapped in a collapsed mine shaft at Bayhorse, Chegutu.
Last week Bayhorse Mine’s shaft collapsed with more than 35 miners trapped underground.
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