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- May 15, 2021
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US$783k gold smuggling ensnares intelligence officer

Central Intelligence Organisation officer Chamakandiona Nyahunda has been arrested on suspicion of carrying more than 13kg of gold in 23 pieces worth US$783 000 through Robert Mugabe International Airport terminal on a route that avoided all security checks, thus abusing his position, and then handing the gold in the final waiting area to the person […]

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- May 14, 2021
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Forex shortages hit small miners

The Zimbabwe Miners Federation says there has been a decline in gold purchases due to foreign currency shortages, a situation that has badly affected the operations of small scale artisanal miners. In an interview recently ZMF spokesperson Mr Dosman Mangisi said the cash shortages on the market have impacted negatively on the small scale mining sector which […]

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- May 14, 2021
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Shaft flooding hits Blanket output

GOLD output at Caledonia Mining Corporation slipped to 13 197 ounces during the first quarter of this year, compared to 14 233 ounces during the same period last year after shafts at Blanket Mine were flooded as heavy rains pounded Zimbabwe, the firm has said. However, Caledonia’s revenue marginally increased during the period on the […]

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- May 14, 2021
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ZMF calls for full utilisation of mining claims

THE Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) has called for full utilisation of mining claims in the country so as to increase export earnings and widen job opportunities for the youth. ZMF vice president, Mr Marufu Sithole, who was speaking during a recent Youth Miners Association workshop in Gweru, said unlocking the value of disused mining claims […]

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- May 13, 2021
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Global giant fires Hwange furnaces

CHINESE global investor, Tsingshan Holding Group, has started construction of its second 150 000-tonne coke battery in Hwange, Matabeleland North Province, following completion last month of the first project of the same capacity. Construction of a third coke battery and power station will start in November 2021, again in Hwange. On Tuesday, the Cabinet received […]

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- May 13, 2021
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Gold smuggling: Heads to roll at airport

POLICE will leave no stone unturned in establishing how a gold smuggler sneaked out of the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport undetected, only to be arrested in South African. Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe Kazembe said heads will certainly roll at the RGM International Airport where it’s suspected a syndicate could have aided […]

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- May 13, 2021
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Chitando wades into mining grant war

An investment vehicle linked to former ZANU-PF youth leader, Lewis Matutu, has appealed to the Mines and Mining Development minister Winston Chitando, to intervene in the resources company’s mining claims dispute with Gavin Bredenkamp, who  controls  the Thetford Estate, in Mazowe. Gavin, is the son of the late John Bredenkamp, and is now running the […]

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- May 13, 2021
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Machete wars loom

A cartel with foreign and local players is invading chrome mining claims along the mineral-rich Great Dyke belt, giving President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration a fresh headache amid fears of a potential source of future machete wars. The Great Dyke belt, which is a linear geological feature that stretches for more than 500 kilometres through the […]

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- May 12, 2021
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Villagers injured in gold rush mayhem

HORDES of villagers and gold panners were injured when omakorokoza from various parts of the country went on a rampage at a gold mine along the Gwayi River, Nyamandlovu in Matabeleland North Province. The vicious omakorokoza who are often prepared to kill or maim rivals to scare away competition at mining claims, clashed with villagers […]

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- May 12, 2021
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Gold smuggling case: Police rope in Interpol

Police have widened investigations into the smuggling of 23 gold pieces worth US$783 000 by a Zimbabwean who was arrested in South Africa, and are waiting for a detailed report from Interpol officials based in Pretoria, which will be critical in assisting their inquiry. This comes as Parliament has summoned Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage […]

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