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The Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ) says it is shelving two solar power projects of a combined 45MW because of ZESA’s poor transmission infrastructure. IDBZ will no longer pursue the 15MW Tjibundule solar project in Plumtree, whose estimate cost is US$23 million. The bank has also abandoned plans to set up the 30MW Gwayi […]

OIL and gas-focused Invictus Energy (Invictus)  says it will next week commence the acquisition of the seismic data for its Cabora Bassa project in Zimbabwe. The Australian-listed company reported that it has cleared 400km line of ground ahead of the data acquisition and is mobilising the vibroseis units to the field camp following the completion […]

THE Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers Union (ZDAMWU) has called on government to establish mobile vaccination sites at mines so that workers will not lose productive time in vaccination queues. In an interview, Zdamwu General Secretary Justice Chinhema said workers are losing productive time in queues waiting to be vaccinated. Some mines are now […]

By Farai Maguwu – Sunday 29 August 2021 HARARE (Mining Index) – IN the corridors of the Kimberley Process (KP) intersessional and plenary meetings, smartly dressed men and women exchange pleasantries as they gather to review progress in the KP implementation. Various working groups submit reports that all indicate great progress in ensuring traceability of […]

By Business Reporter – Saturday 28 August 2021 HARARE (Mining Index) – ALTHOUGH the African continent is blessed with abundant mineral resources such as platinum, chrome, tourmaline, gold, diamonds, oil, coltan, bauxite, uranium, iron ore and other valuable resources, its inhabitants have long numbered among the world’s poorest. The largest reserves of cobalt, diamonds, platinum and […]

Penn State University researchers have developed a luminescent sensor that can detect terbium, one of the rarest of the rare earth elements, in complex environmental samples like acid mine waste. In a peer-reviewed article published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, the scientists explain that the sensor takes advantage of a protein that very specifically binds to […]

The Zimbabwe Investment Development Agency (ZIDA) last month signed a partnership agreement with Singapore’s development cooperation agency announcing the planned construction of a 200MW solar project as an example of benefits expected to flow from economic ties with the Asian city state. Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Fredrick Shava oversaw the virtual official signing […]