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MINES ministry permanent secretary, Onesimo Mazai Moyo, was Monday grilled by legislators over delays in re-tabling the Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill. Moyo told the Mines Parliamentary Portfolio Committee that the draft Bill has since been received by the ministry from the Attorney General’s office. “We now have a draft from the Attorney General’s office,” […]

A LEADING resources campaigner has piled fresh pressure on government to cancel a big coal mining project in Hwange, saying Zimbabwe must swing towards eco–friendly investments. The Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG) said swaths of coalfields being exploited by Beifa Investments, a Chinese firm, in Hwange’s Dinde area would have significant negative implications on […]

AMBITIOUS resources outfit Duration Gold said this week it had launched a ground breaking multi-commodity exploration campaign, which could help it achieve a long-cherished ambition to become a large-scale producer in Zimbabwe. The firm already operates five core assets in the country, including Vumba Chikwe Gold Mine. But it has long indicated its ambition to […]

David Brown, the former Impala Platinum and Kuvimba Mining House CEO, has died of a reported heart attack in South Africa. Brown, who was 59, served as CFO and then CEO of Implats from 1999 to 2012, before heading MC Mining, formerly known as Coal of Africa. He then skipped retirement with the hopes of […]

GOVERNMENT says its renewable energy policy implementation is progressing in line with global calls to ease the impact of global warming. Global experts on climate change adaptation have implored authorities to speed up adoption of renewable energy to mitigate the negative impact of global warming. Research from the Zimbabwe Energy Council shows that the country […]

China’s Sinomine Resource Group on Friday launched a $200 million project to build a plant and expand existing mining operations at its recently acquired Bikita lithium mine in Zimbabwe. The southern African country holds some of the world’s largest deposits of lithium, a key battery mineral, and hopes for an economic boost from a global […]

Premier African Minerals says it may move its Zimbabwe lithium assets into early production to take advantage of rising demand for the metal. The London-listed company holds the Zulu lithium claims at Fort Rixon, near Bulawayo, where it has so far done 18,000 metres of exploration drilling to confirm a resource many in the industry […]

THE Zimbabwe Diamond Mineral and Allied Workers Union (Zidamwu) has petitioned RioZim Limited group of companies over last year’s unpaid bonuses. Workers also accused RioZim of delaying payment of salaries, and threats to the workforce, among a cocktail of other allegations. In a letter, Zidamwu secretary-general Justice Chinhema wrote: “We write on behalf of our […]

CHINESE mining firm Anjin Investments suffered a massive slump in diamond production in 2021 recording 70 000 carats from 790 000 carats produced the previous year due to the relocation of its processing plants. The diamond company is, however, projecting a production ramp up this year. Anjin is a 50-50 partnership between Chinese investor Anhui […]

Fossil Mining, which has won the bid to buy Lafarge Zimbabwe, says it plans to keep the company on the stock exchange and recapitalise it when it completes the takeover of the country’s number two cement maker. Holcim, Lafarge’s holding company, picked Fossil as its preferred bidder for Lafarge. Holcim announced its exit from Zimbabwe […]