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ARTISANAL miners have urged the government to speedily implement the “use it or lose it” mining policy to prevent accumulation of claims for speculative purposes. Artisanal and Small Scale Miners Association (ASSA) national chairperson Blessing Togarepi said if implemented, the policy would increase production in the mining sector. “The ‘use it or lose it policy’ […]

POLICE in Mount Darwin, Mashonaland Central have arrested five drug peddlers at Mukaradzi mine. The five drug dealers were last Thursday dragged before the courts. The suspects are Tony Webster (31) from Mutoko, Ranganai Muranda (33) from Kadoma, Maidei Mutami (36) from Mount Darwin, Norman Bhamusi (31) from Mount Darwin and Ragius Kawocha. Mashonaland Central […]

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned Chinese mining companies to stop displacing communities from their ancestral lands. He was addressing thousands of party supporters at a rally in Uzumba where he said the communities have power to decide whether or not they want mining projects on their land. This comes after villagers there recently threatened to […]

THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is investigating a case where eight unidentified men pounced on Atlas 16 Gold mine Wednesday and stole US$62 000 worth of pregnant gold carbon. Activated carbon is used to recover gold from the gold-cyanide complex also known as the cyanide process. It is a technique for extracting gold from low-grade […]

MINE workers unions are pushing for US$600 salaries per month just like their peers in neighbouring countries. Workers in the sector were recently awarded a 24.5 percent salary hike following collective bargaining negotiations. The increase will see the least paid employee earning $30 500. After statutory deductions such as the National Social Security Authority (Nssa), […]

Gold deliveries to Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR) surged 45% to 25.36 tonnes in the 11 months to November 30 2021 from 17.44 tonnes delivered in the prior comparative period due to improved mining conditions and incentives. The current gold output of above 25 tonnes is the third highest national production level with a month […]

Weeks after Zimbabwe’s independence in 1980, British mining tycoon Algy Cluff hopped on a plane to Harare, keen to invest in the new economy. Soon after, his company Cluff Resources opened Freda Rebecca, which became the country’s biggest gold mine. Cluff Resources, in 1996, then sold the mine to Ashanti Goldfields, marking Cluff’s exit from […]