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- June 16, 2021
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FREDA Rebecca Gold Mine is seeking a High Court order to evict six families from company houses after their contracts were terminated. In the summons before the High Court, it was revealed that some of the families had been employed by the company since 2009. The affected workers are Misheck Mawema, who was engaged on […]

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- June 16, 2021
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FIDELITY Printers and Refiners general manager Mr Fradreck Kunaka has left the country’s sole gold buyer and exporter following the expiry of his term. At present, Fidelity Printers and Refiners, which is a subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is undergoing restructuring to create two units whose mandates would be on gold refining […]

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- June 16, 2021
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THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has started executing its recently added mandate of deducting mining royalties, through banking institutions, on behalf of Treasury. The tax authority said yesterday all mining entities and individuals should start complying with the new requirements for remitting mining royalties with effect from the 27th of last month. Payment of mining […]

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- June 15, 2021
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Makoni North legislator James Munetsi (Zanu PF) has urged the police to clamp down on illegal gold miners who are reportedly causing mayhem in his constituency. Munetsi said illegal mining activities had gone out of hand and fuelling criminality in his area. “People are mining all over and everywhere from Govakova area, Maondera village, Mwarazi […]

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- June 15, 2021
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PADENGA Holdings’ mining operation, Dallaglio will be the most immediate beneficiary of a planned listing on the underachieving Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX), Inter Horizon Securities (IHS) said at the weekend, giving the deal the thumps up. In a commentary released hours after, Padenga said it would seek a shareholder nod to de-list from the […]

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- June 14, 2021
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By Lucy Tandi – Monday 14 June 2021 ANALYSIS – HARARE (Mining Index) – GENDER disparity in the mining sector is a legacy issue that has evolved for decades, continue today, potentially leading to an increase in women’s economic vulnerability. Challenges faced by women in extractives are neither unique nor new to the regional context, […]

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- June 14, 2021
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Expressions of interest from potential investors in ZiscoSteel are now being adjudicated with the process due to be completed by the end of this month, Industry and Commerce Minister Dr Sekai Nzenza told Parliament last week. Two Chinese investors are now investing heavily in new steel mills and mines in other parts of the country, […]

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- June 14, 2021
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By Lucy Tandi – Monday 14 June 2021 LOCAL – HARARE (Mining Index) – SMALL-SCALE women miners in Zimbabwe have in recent years been exposed to Mercury (Hg) during gold production, posing serious health challenges to their well-being and the environment. The gold mining sector in Zimbabwe remains detrimental to women and the environment in […]

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- June 14, 2021
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African countries, Zimbabwe included, continue to be haunted by the “resource curse” over failure to use their mineral wealth to transform their economies. They are among resource-rich countries that have seemingly failed to leverage on mining through beneficiation and value addition. Value adding mineral resources involves processing them into semi-processed and processed form. Despite having […]

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- June 14, 2021
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By Lucy Tandi – Monday 14 June 2021 LOCAL – HARARE (Mining Index) – WOMEN bullion miners across Zimbabwe’s mining sector have not been spared from the effects of Covid-19. With government imposing lockdown measures, curfews and shutting down major economic sectors to curb spread of the virus, the mining sector was also prejudiced, recording […]