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Zimasco to switch on Western Plant, seeks higher output

MIDLANDS-based ferrochrome producer, Zimasco, is carrying out rehabilitation works at its West Plant, as it prepares to restart operations at the furnaces. The development comes after the expiry of a five-year lease agreement between the company and Portnex, who ceased operations in 2019. Portnex and Zimasco signed a lease deal in 2015 that saw the […]

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Zimbabwe says China`s Tsingshan to build iron ore steel plant from May

China’s Tsingshan Holding Group is set to start developing an iron ore mine and a carbon steel plant in Zimbabwe from May, the African country’s information minister said late on Tuesday, three years after the firm first announced the investment deal. Tsingshan signed a US$1-billion outline agreement with Zimbabwe in June 2018 to build a […]

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Insiza Trust to benefit women miners – Kundai Chikonzo

By Business Reporter – Wednesday 10 March 2021 LOCAL – HARARE (Mining Index) – A LEADING miner and businesswoman Kundai Chikonzo says she has registered a Trust aimed at capacitating and empowering women miners in Insiza. Insiza Women in Mining Trust (IWMT) seeks to advance the development of underrepresented communities and its people through mining […]

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IPPs struggle to produce power

NDEPENDENT power producers (IPPs) are only feeding 135,8 megawatts (MW) into the national grid, about a decade since government started granting private players licences to produce electricity. According to a report released by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Energy and Power Development, government has issued IPP licences that are enough to generate 6 858,65MW. The […]

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Success story of a Penhalonga gold miner – Susan Chimbunde-Dumbura

By Business Reporter – Tuesday 9 March 2021 WOMEN’S MONTH – PROFILES – (Mining Index) – SHE is a small scale successful gold miner in Penhalonga, Manicaland province who has, since 2004 when she started mining, invested a substantial amount of money in her mining business. Her name is Susan Chimbunde-Dumbura. According to Dumbura, patience […]

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Prioritise interest groups in mining: ZMF

The Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) has implored its membership and Government to consider special interest groups such as women and war veterans in their mining ventures and signing off of mineral rich titles to ensure they also benefit from the country’s huge mineral endowment. ZMF is the umbrella body that represents small scale miners. Government […]

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- March 8, 2021
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From artisanal to executive miner – meet Blessing Hungwe

By Business Reporter – Monday 8 March 2021 WOMENS MONTH – PROFILES – (Mining Index) – FROM an artisanal miner, climbing to the top echelons of power, becoming the first small scale female miner in Zimbabwe to be given the platform to speak to mining executives of large scale mines, sharing how women can add […]

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Platinum upstages gold

Platinum has maintained its foothold as the cornerstone of the mining sector as it was the largest foreign currency generator in 2020 on the back of stability in the sub-sector. According to official data obtained from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) exports receipts for platinum hit US$1.8bn while gold raked in US$994.7m. In fact, […]

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Mining on track to meet US$12bn targets

THE mining sector is on track to meet the target of generating US$12 billion annual revenue by 2023, Mines and Mining Development Minister Winston Chitando has said. The ministry is presently carrying out an assessment of performance of the industry since the launch of the policy in 2019, set to be released at the end […]

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Zim’s gold loses glitter

Zimbabwe’s gold export receipts plummeted 46% to record US$53.1m in January 2021 from US$98.1m during the same month last year due to delays in payments and heavy rains, the Reserve Bank (RBZ) has said. With heavy rains, delays in payments, gold export receipts are likely to plunge further this year, according to industry players. “Gold […]

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