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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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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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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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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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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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- May 11, 2021
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Man dies in 50-metre deep mine shaft

AN Esigodini mine worker died after he fell into a 50-metre-deep mine shaft. Matabeleland South acting provincial police spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Thabani Mkhwananzi confirmed the incident. The incident occurred on Sunday at around 8AM at Ring State Mine. Asst Insp Mkhwananzi said Reason Dube (30) from Gokwe attempted to descend into the shaft when he […]

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R11 million gold ‘smuggler’ gets R100 000 bail in SA

SOUTH Africa’s Hawks, a specialised directorate for priority crime investigation, have arrested a Zimbabwean man for allegedly smuggling 23 pieces of gold worth R11 million into the neighbouring country. Tashinga Nyasha Masinire (33) was arrested on Saturday afternoon soon after landing at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg. He appeared at the Kempton Park Regional […]

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- May 10, 2021
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Impunity, chaos and poor accountability costs lives in the gold sector

By Business Reporter – Monday 10 May 2021 HARARE (Mining Index) – ON NOVEMBER 15 2020, artisanal miners were buried alive in mine shafts by a Chinese company which was sub-contracted by a Belarusian mining company at Premier Estates on the outskirts of Mutare. Artisanal miners were suffocated to death after the pits they were […]

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- May 10, 2021
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Zim man makes huge strides on international oil market

“I used to have several regrets, but I realised that some of the mistakes I made helped shape me to become the person I am today. If I had not made those mistakes, I would never have been in the position I am today. I leant from my mistakes and rose from them. I can […]

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