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ARTISANAL and small-scale miners in Umguza District, Matabeleland North have raised concern over double pegging of mining claims. Speaking on the sidelines of the Umguza Miners Association revival meeting last week, the newly appointed Umguza Miners Association chairman, Mr Themba Tshuma said there has been a growing number of mining claims that have been double […]

MINE workers who were exposed to harmful substances and ended up contracting Silicosis or Tuberculosis at South African gold mines are set to receive compensation ranging from R10 000 to R500 000. This development comes after the High Court in Johannesburg approved the settlement in the Silicosis and Tuberculosis class action reached on 26 July 2019 […]

Resources group Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc says first quarter gold production at its local unit — Blanket Gold Mine came in slightly lower than same period last year due to flooding. The quarter under review is generally synonymous with rains which result in lower production due to flooding. During the first quarter to March 31, 2021, Blanket […]

CHINESE firm, BEIFA Investment (Pvt) Limited has petitioned the ruling Zanu PF party to rein in its shadow MP Reed Dube after he allegedly visited the disputed coal mine project in Dinde, Hwange, in a marked party vehicle and incited villagers to resist the company’s site mobilisation process. The developments came a few days after […]

AUSTRALIA Stock Exchange (ASX)-listed mining firm, Prospect Resources is to sink a further US$5 million into Arcadia Mine following an overwhelming response to its fundraising initiative announced last week. Arcadia is one of the most promising lithium projects in Zimbabwe, where at least four multinationals are at various stages of developing mines following a boom […]

HWANGE (Mining Index) – FOLLOWING two years of resistance from the Dinde community, Bei Fa Investments, a company owned by Chinese nationals allegedly involving some powerful Zimbabwean politicians, moved in to pitch a tent at the heart of the community over its intention to explore for coal in the area. By Business Reporter – Monday […]

More than half of the work on the expansion project at Hwange Power Station has been done more than three years into the project, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Sunday. Upon completion, the country’s largest coal-fired power plant, which has an installed capacity of 920 megawatts (MW), will add two power generators – unit 7 […]

With the Government having recently concluded an oil and gas exploration agreement with Geo Associates, which is controlled by Invictus Energy, an Australian entity, the atmosphere is abuzz with positivity.  Conversely, recent attacks on oil and gas projects in Pemba, the capital of the Cabo Delgado Province of Mozambique, will also excite the interest of  Oil, […]

Mines and Mining Development Minister Mr Winston Chitando says the National Gold Buyers Association (NGBA) is key “in chieving the 100-tonne bullion target a year by 2023”. This comes as small-scale miners are expected to continue playing a pivotal role in shoring up gold deliveries to Fidelity Printers and Refiners (Fidelity). The newly formed NGBA […]

For several years, it has been known that Zimbabwe hosts some uranium deposits in Kanyemba area (Mbire District) near the border with Zambia and Mozambique along Zambezi River Valley.  But no major works have been done to confirm the quantities of uranium and whether they are large enough to support a viable mine. However, the […]