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- September 29, 2021
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Tharisa wants to cut carbon emissions 30% by 2030

Chrome and platinum group metals (PGMs) miner Tharisa is targeting reducing carbon emissions by 30% by 2030 and becoming carbon neutral in 2050. Tharisa, which operates a single mine near Brits in the North West, joins a growing list of companies that have committed to rid themselves of climate-warming pollutants. Last week, synthetic fuels and […]

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- September 29, 2021
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China power crisis to kick off global race for coal imports

China’s power crisis looks set to spur it to import more coal from a wider range of producers, putting it into competition with European and Indian buyers that are also snapping up more of the dirtiest fossil fuel. More than two-thirds of China’s electricity comes from coal-fired plants and, while more than 90% of the […]

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- September 29, 2021
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Zimasco plans to more than double chrome processing capacity – if ZESA plays ball

Zimasco, one of the country’s biggest chrome smelters, plans to more than double annual smelting capacity to 400,000 tonnes over the next three years. The Sinosteel unit plans to ramp up output of the stainless steel ingredient by installing a new 160,000 tonne plant at its Neta project in the Midlands if the state-owned power […]

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- September 29, 2021
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Zimbabwe asked to settle $70m debt after legal loss

Zimbabwe has been asked to settle a $70-million debt after it lost an international arbitration case over canceled nickel and platinum ventures between a private company and the State miner more than a decade ago. Companies linked to Amaplat Mauritius made the proposal in a September 15 letter to Zimbabwe’s Secretary for Finance and Economic […]

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- September 28, 2021
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Massive uncut diamond extracted from Karowe Mine in Botswana unveiled in New York

Mining company Lucara Diamond Corp, along with HB Antwerp, unveiled a 1 175-carat diamond in New York City, kicking off a week of viewings. The uncut stone was one of three diamonds of over a thousand carats extracted from the Karowe Mine in Botswana. At a time when lab-grown diamonds are being considered as viable […]

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Tharisa to consider its Zimbabwe platinum project proposal by end of year

THARISA said it was due to present a development proposal for a platinum group metals (PGM) mine in Zimbabwe before the year-end after resuming drilling on the project at the end of last year and completing technical studies. The company has a 26.8% stake in Karo Platinum which was in March this year awarded the […]

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Coal prices are booming but US miners struggle to boost output

A labor shortage and reluctance to open new mines has left U.S. coal companies struggling to keep up with surging global demand. “It’s very difficult for the coal industry to increase production,” Xcoal Energy & Resources LLC Chief Executive Officer Ernie Thrasher said Monday in a phone interview. “Everyone is working within the limits they […]

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- September 28, 2021
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Small-scale miners bemoan lack of equipment

LACK of equipment is hampering the operations of small-scale miners in Matabeleland South province amid concerns that they are also not remitting taxes to local authorities. This was revealed by the Zimbabwe Miners Federation secretary Phelemon Mokuele, who is based in Gwanda, following an inquiry on the operations of small-scale miners in the province. Mokuele, […]

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- September 28, 2021
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MMCZ projects US$3,2bn revenue

THE Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) says export revenues from the country’s resources, excluding gold could reach US$3,2 billion this year, after surpassing 2021 targets in only eight months. MMCZ general manager Tongai Muzenda said this at the just-ended the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair that revenues from the sector, excluding gold, hit US$2,4 billion […]

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- September 27, 2021
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Villagers don’t have title to communal land: Chinese miners

CHINESE mining company, Heijin, has reportedly told villagers in Kaseke, Uzumba district, that they have no capacity to stop their eviction to pave way for granite stone mining as they have no title deeds to the disputed communal land. Chief Nyajina last Wednesday told a high-powered government delegation tasked to resolve the land dispute that […]

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