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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 […]

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 […]

ZIMBABWE’S platinum output increased by 17% to 128 000 ounces (oz) during the second quarter of this year compared to last year after processing matte backlogs from Unki mine, the World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC) said at the weekend. “Zimbabwean production increased by 17% year-on-year as a backlog of matte from the Unki smelter was […]

VILLAGERS in Uzumba, Mashonaland East province, are up in arms against a Chinese company, Heijin Mining, whose black granite mining claim covers the entire village. This was revealed in a letter addressed to Mashonaland East provincial mining commissioner dated September 3, in which Lovemore Kaseke, through the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) is demanding […]

RIVAL investors were at the weekend planning to approach authorities to block the return of Bindura-based Ran Mines, saying a consortium led by mining executive Jack Murehwa, that is championing the project, could not operate the gold asset before government addressed a long-drawn ownership dispute. Murehwa’s investment vehicles, G&P Industries and Ran Mines Private Limited, […]

Mineworkers have demanded their pay base to be pegged at US$600 inclusive of their Covid 19 allowances. In a statement Zimbabwe Diamond Allied and Mineral Workers Union Secretary-general Justice Chinhema said as they are approaching the last quarter of the year Mine workers now believe Chamber of Mines frustrating them. “The Chamber of Mines is […]