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- September 21, 2021
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Government through the National Oil Infrastructure Company (NOIC) of Zimbabwe has entered into a joint-venture agreement with Coven Energy Limited to kickstart the construction of a US$1.3 billion second fuel pipeline from Beira to Harare. The project which will see NOIC and the British-based Coven Energy entering into a 50:50 Public-Private Partnership is meant to […]

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- September 21, 2021
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Deal “essential for transition to a cleaner future” Sibanye has agreed to subscribe for a strategic placement of new ordinary shares in “ioneer” equal to 7.1% of ioneer’s placement shares for US$70m Rhyolite Ridge is expected to be one of the first large US lithium projects to enter production South African-based miner, Sibanye Stillwater, with […]

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- September 21, 2021
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FRIENDS of Shabanie and Mashava Mines Holdings (FoSMM) have filed papers at the Johannesburg High Court seeking an order to compel South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to ignore an administrator appointed under Zimbabwe’s Reconstruction of State and Insolvent Companies (Recon) Act to take charge of the Zvishavane-based asbestos miner. In case number 21/38369, FoSMM claimed […]

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- September 20, 2021
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A whistleblower has submitted an explosive dossier to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) providing insight into how diamond mining firms in the Chiadzwa diamond fields in Manicaland, evaded tax obligations, prejudicing the state of jaw-dropping sums of money running into millions of United States dollars. The plunder of diamond proceeds has been acknowledged at the […]

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- September 20, 2021
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ZIMBABWE is expected to add up to 4% (about 17 thousand ounces (koz)) of platinum production volumes as a backlog of semi-finished inventory is refined in South Africa on the back of easing disruptions and record platinum group minerals (PGM) pricing support. This is coming as global platinum demand is seen increasing by 1% (+59 […]

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- September 20, 2021
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Guinea’s military rulers provided “strong reassurance” to mining companies at a meeting Thursday after last week’s coup, said an official at the nation’s biggest bauxite producer. The new leadership “reinforced the message from their first speech reassuring the mining sector about its importance and that miners will be allowed to continue their activities,” Frederic Bouzigues, […]

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- September 20, 2021
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Research agency Fitch Solutions expects nickel mine production to grow strongly between 2021 and 2023, owing to less disruption from Covid-19 and amid a high price environment. The agency believes that output growth in the near term will be particularly driven by Indonesia, provided that it rebounds quickly from a resurge in infections experienced since […]

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- September 16, 2021
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Gold smugglers in Africa’s largest economy deserve the death penalty, Nigeria’s deputy minister in charge of mining development said. Uche Ogah, minister of state for mines and steel development, told lawmakers investigating the alleged loss of $9 billion a year to illegal mining of the precious metal, according to media reports Wednesday. It’s a sector […]

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- September 16, 2021
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Four of the world’s richest nations will send a delegation to South Africa as soon as next week to seek a deal to begin closing the country’s coal-fired plants, according to people familiar with the matter. Officials from the US, UK, France and Germany are looking for an agreement with Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., which […]

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- September 16, 2021
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WOMEN in mining are a targets for sexual abuse and there is need for government and other stakeholders to come up with mechanisms to reduce gender-based violence in the sector, Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya has said. Speaking at a training workshop for women in mining organised by the Women’s International League for Peace […]