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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 […]

With strong indications of oil and gas prospects in the Muzarabani Basin – along with extensive mineral wealth that could propel Africa’s energy transition – Zimbabwe and its energy investment opportunities will be promoted at the upcoming African Energy Week in Cape Town Zimbabwe represents an exciting new frontier, with recent exploration activities leading to […]

A CHINESE mining company, Heijin, is pushing to evict hundreds of villagers in Murehwa, Mashonaland East province, after it was given a special mining grant to extract black granite on densely populated land covering 300 hectares. This comes at a time Chinese companies are frenziedly descending on the province, which is rich in the rare […]

FRESH details on the controversial US$1.3 billion new pipeline project, whose implementation is being spearheaded by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s political and business cronies, have emerged showing that upon completion the deal’s cost would have escalated to US$4 billion. The cost of the project, being driven by Mnangagwa’s new associate Eddie Cross and others, has quickened […]