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Hwange expects operations to stabilise within 6 to 12 months

JSE- and LSE-listed Hwange Colliery has reported a 139% year-on-year increase in gross profit to ZWL851-million in the six months ended June 30, partly owing to an increase in high-value coking coal sales. The company has effectively narrowed its net loss to ZWL538-million, compared with a net loss of ZWL991-million posted for the six months […]

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Aluminium hits highest since 2008 as power shortages escalate

Aluminium prices rose on Monday to their highest since 2008 due to increases in costs of energy and raw materials used to make the metal and output cuts by the biggest producer, China. China’s production, already curbed by a government anti-pollution drive, has been further hit by power shortages gripping the country. Chinese energy futures […]

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Energy crisis pushes Serbia to keep coal power

Serbia won’t phase out coal-fired power plants anytime soon as it needs them to deal with the current energy crunch, president Aleksandar Vucic said, defying European pressure to speed up its energy transition to cleaner fuels. More than two-thirds of Serbia’s annual production of 35 terrawatt-hours comes from thermal plants, while the rest stems mostly […]

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US, EU line up over 20 more countries for global methane pact

TWO dozen countries have joined a US- and EU-led effort to slash methane emissions 30% by 2030, giving the emerging global partnership momentum ahead of its launch at the UN climate summit in Glasgow later this month, a government official told Reuters. Nigeria, Japan and Pakistan are among the 24 new signatories to the Global […]

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Prospect confirms new game plan for Arcadia

THE staged optimised feasibility study (OFS) of the Acradia lithium project, in Zimbabwe, has confirmed the economic viability of the project, said ASX-listed Prospect Resources. The OFS considered the construction of two 1.2-million-tonne-a-year modules, resulting in low up-front capital costs, with reduced execution and market risks. The Stage 1 operation would require a capital spend […]

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RioZim Diamonds Production Down 4%

DIVERSIFIED mining group RioZim diamonds production went down by 4% due to technicalities associated with migration of mining activities in the half-year ended June 30, 2021. Presenting the group’s half-year results, RioZim chairperson Saleem Beebeejaun said the lowered production also prompted the widening of losses. “The group’s associate produced 240 000 carats for the six-month […]

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ZMF works towards reducing mining accidents

THE Zimbabwe Miners Federation says it is taking steps to ensure that the small-scale and artisanal mining sector’s positive contribution to the country’s economy is not overshadowed by avoidable accidents in mineshafts. ZMF Mashonaland West chairperson Timothy Chizuzu yesterday said his organisation was undertaking campaigns as a form of awareness to ensure that miners are […]

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Zim lithium miner ships first samples

AUSTRALIA-LISTED mining concern Prospect Resources Limited has shipped its first 25-tonne container of technical grade petalite concentrate from its Arcadia pilot plant, near Harare, the firm said at the weekend. The shipment will be delivered to Prospect’s Belgium headquartered offtake partner, Sibelco, a global material solutions company. Which sources, transforms and distributes special industrial minerals […]

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“… we have made a commitment to institute the digital system by the second half of 2022’ – Chitando

Thursday 7 October 2021 FROM THE MINISTER’S DESK – (Mining Index) – THE Ministry of Mines and Mining Development is almost complete towards migrating from the manual to an automated computerized Mining Cadastre Information System. This is part of Government’s drive to improve the efficiency of mining title administration. In the process Government would like […]

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Understanding the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in mining

By Brian Makani MASVINGO (Mining Index) – IN the previous edition of the article published on mining and the environment, a discussion of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) was made briefly. This month’s edition discusses the EIA in detail. As once alluded in the previous edition, mining is one of the prescribed projects or activities […]

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