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HEAVY rains in Zimbabwe’s main coal-producing region are hampering the country’s efforts to address electricity needs. The operations manager of Zambezi Gas and Coal, Menard Makota, told the state-owned newspaper, The Herald, that mining operations had been adversely affected by persistent heavy rains in and around the Hwange region leading to a decline in production. […]

HWANGE Colliery Company (HCC) has won a civil court order to evict about 200 ex-workers who had refused to vacate the properties citing outstanding terminal benefits. The company has given them until month-end to move out and pave way for new occupants. But the workers said the move was inhumane given that it was being […]

THE Zimbabwe Power Company Hwange 7 and 8 electricity expansion project will affect 636 families in Ingangula township in Hwange, instead of the 90 stated earlier. Project manager Forbes Chanakira yesterday said 636 families will have to be relocated as the project has encroached onto their area. “A total of 636 housing units will be […]

A recent story published by The Guardian alleged that Chinese companies involved in granite mining in Zimbabwe have aroused fear and upset among local people. The article, titled “They want to remove us and take the rock, say Zimbabweans living near Chinese-owned mines,” claimed that Chinese mining companies in Mutoko District, Mashonaland East Province, are […]

IMPALA Platinum (JSE: IMP, Implats), a leading producer of platinum group metals, announced today that its gross concentrate volumes in H2 2021 decreased by 4% to 1.62 million 6E ounces from 1.68 million 6E ounces in H2 2020. The company’s production from managed operations declined by 4% to 1.16 million 6E ounces (H2 2020: 1.21 […]