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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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- October 7, 2021
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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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Reviving a mining company through corporate rescue

By Godknows Hofisi HARARE – (Mining Index) – Corporate rescue is also known by other terms such as business rescue or judicial management. According to Section 121 of the Insolvency Act (Chapter 6:07), hereinafter (“the Act”) of 2018 corporate rescue means the proceedings to facilitate the rehabilitation of a company that is financially distressed. It […]

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Zimbabwe’s untapped mining potential (1)

By Eben Mabunda HARARE (Mining Index) – IN October 2020, the Zimbabwean government tabled an ambitious policy document that aims to turn the mining sector in the country into a US$12 billion industry by 2023. The blue print targets gold output of US$4 billion per year with platinum coming in second at US$3 billion. Diamond […]

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Pandora Papers: The Diamond Connection

Diamond and jewelry figures have appeared in the Pandora Papers, a leak of almost 12 million documents detailing the offshore financial activities of the wealthy. They include Purvi Modi, sister of fugitive Indian jeweler Nirav Modi, according to a report by The Indian Express. A month before her brother fled the country, she set up […]

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- October 7, 2021
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US$10M Namdia Shipment Blocked By Police

According to the Namibian, which reported on the accusations of continued underselling of Namibia’s rough diamonds via Namdia to Dubai just two weeks ago, local, Namibian authorities last Wednesday blocked a Namdia shipment of rough diamonds worth US$10m. Industry sources say the state-owned Namdia, led by the infamous Kennedy Hamutenya, in conjunction with the Namibian […]

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Zambia is reviewing mining tax framework, mines minister says

Zambia’s mines minister said its the government had been reviewing the mining tax framework with key stakeholders to design a regime that would be stable, predictable and competitive. “This will also attract both local and foreign investment in mining and ultimately scale up mineral production in the country,” Minister Paul Kabuswe said in the parliament […]

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- October 7, 2021
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Zela urges govt to tackle mine violence

THE Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (Zela) wants government and law enforcement agents to craft a clear roadmap with specific action to tackle gender-based violence in the mining sector. In a petition launched in Bulawayo on Tuesday for women in artisanal and small-scale mining at the on-going Zimbabwe Alternative Mining Indaba (ZAMI), Zela lamented discrimination and […]

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