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Zim set to up platinum output

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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Guinea’s junta pledges continuity on mining policies after coup

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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Nickel output poised for steady growth up to 2030

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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Nigerian minister wants death penalty for gold smuggling

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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Rich nations head to South Africa seeking coal exit deal

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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Women miners vulnerable to GBV

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 […]

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- September 16, 2021
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ZELA urges govt to finalise mines law amendment process

Government should finalise the amendment process of the Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill to create a proper legal framework that helps curb conflicts and address other sticking issues in the sector, the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) has said. In 2018, President Emmerson Mnangagwa ordered the Bill to be taken back to Parliament for further […]

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- September 15, 2021
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Petra Diamonds mulls selling Williamson mine

South Africa’s Petra Diamonds (LON: PDL) is considering selling its Williamson mine in Tanzania, even as it continues to work on bringing the operation back online in the second half of 2021. Delivering its year-end results, Petra said that Williamson had been classified as a discontinued operation, which will mean an accounting loss of $52.1 […]

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- September 15, 2021
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China backs Congo’s ban on six small Chinese mining companies

China gave its backing on Tuesday to a Congolese provincial government’s order last month banning six small Chinese-owned mining companies operating illegally. The move comes as Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi increases scrutiny of Chinese mining activities, reviewing a $6-billion “infrastructure-for-minerals” deal with Chinese investors and reassessing China Molybdenum’s Tenke Fungurume mine. The […]

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- September 15, 2021
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Chinese miners accused of undertaking alluvial mining on the Great Dyke

By Business Reporter – Wednesday 15 September 2021 HARARE (Mining Index) – SOME small-scale Chinese miners are alleged to be undertaking alluvial mining in Guruve, along the Great Dyke, exporting the raw ore to China for processing, it has emerged. In September last year, government announced a ban on all riverbed and alluvial mining following […]

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