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SCORES of disgruntled villagers in Mutoko are on a collision path with Chinese mining company, Shanghai Haoying Mining Investments, which is pushing for their eviction after being allocated black granite mining claims and rights to land straddling over 168 hectares. The planned evictions are likely to affect about 1 500 households, with villagers fretting over the […]

A ZIMBABWEAN engineer, Clever Sithole (CS), last year made history when he was appointed head gemologist at a United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded gemstone processing project in Afghanistan. A mining and mineral processing engineering graduate from the Midlands State University (MSU)’s satellite Manicaland State University, Sithole this week shared his experiences in the […]

Caledonia Mining’s investment in a new shaft at Blanket Mine is starting to show results; ore tonnage reached new records in the second quarter, helping the company double earnings for the period. The company commissioned a central shaft earlier this year, and in the three months to June, Blanket mined and milled 165,000 tonnes of […]

Australian miner, Prospect Resources said results of exploration conducted at its Chishanya project in Buhera, South East Zimbabwe, showed the existence of “significant sized” Rare Earth Elements (REE) deposits. Prospect, which is also developing the Arcadia Lithium Mine on the outskirts of Harare, said the Chishanya deposit was a known source of apatite-hosted phosphate but […]

Zimbabwe plans to build a second US$1.3 billion oil pipeline to supply fuel into the country and the region, a deal that would end years of lobbying and rivalry between powerful oil interests. The project would be under a 50-50 joint venture between state-owned National Oil Infrastructure Company (NOIC) and Coven Energy, Information Minister Monica […]