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- June 30, 2020
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Over 200 mines to be repossessed by August 2020

By Business Reporter – Tuesday 30 June 2020 HARARE (Mining Index) – OVER 200 underutilised and unutilised mines face repossession as the Minister of Mines and Mining Development Winston Chitando gears to enforce the ‘use it or lose’ principle. In 2019, government announced the enforcement of the “use it or lose it” principle to prevent […]

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- June 30, 2020
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Black granite mining, Mutoko demands development share

MUTOKO (Mining Index) – MUTOKO villagers have called on granite mining companies to proactively contribute to the district’s development initiatives. The call was made during an all stakeholders held at Chief Mutoko’s court on Friday last week. By Business Reporter – Tuesday 30 June 2020 The meeting brought together five of the nine granite mining […]

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- June 29, 2020
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America, one of Zimbabwe’s copper importers

HARARE (Mining Index) – DESPITE economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the United States of America (USA), the western nation has been one of Zimbabwe’s major importer of copper. By Business Reporter – Monday 29 June 2020 In an interview with Mining Index, Tashinga Maponga, Director at Afro Southern says since last year, he has […]

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- June 26, 2020
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Is copper still being mined in Zimbabwe?

HARARE (Mining Index) – THERE is currently no large scale copper mining operations being undertaken in Zimbabwe. A few small to medium scale isolated operations are being conducted in Mashonaland West province especially in Makonde District.   By Business Reporter – Friday 26 June 2020 Zimbabwean copper deposits normally run together with gold veins. Copper […]

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- June 25, 2020
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CNRG not enthused by government’s silence on Chinese human rights abuse, especially in the mining sector

By Business Reporter – Thursday 25 June 2020 HARARE (Mining Index) – THE CENTRE for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG) is concerned with the silence by the Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ) on numerous human rights abuses and unfair labour practices involving Chinese business owners operating in Zimbabwe over the past decade. This follows a recent incident […]

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- June 24, 2020
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ZELA condemns shooting at Reden Mine

By Business Reporter – Wednesday 24 June 2020 HARARE (Mining Index) – THE Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) condemns the shooting of two gold mine workers, Wendy Chikwaira and Kennedy Tachiona by their Chinese Mine employer at Reden Mine in Gweru on the 21st of June 2020. “To us, this incident is part of a […]

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- June 24, 2020
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New CEO for RioZim

By Business Reporter – Wednesday 24 June 2020 HARARE (Mining Index) – RIOZIM has announced that Manit Mukesh Shah has been appointed as its next Chief Executive Officer (CEO), succeeding Bhekinkosi Nkomo who is to step down after three years as the current CEO. Manit, who has been with the company as Chief Operating Officer  will […]

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- June 24, 2020
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Mystery over diamond stockpile

By Business Reporter – Wednesday 23 June 2020 HARARE (Mining Index) – A CONSIDERABLE amount of diamond stockpile is suspected to be held at the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ), but the institution has denied having any stockpile of the precious stone. The 500 000 carats that was scheduled to be auctioned in December […]

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- June 22, 2020
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Zimbabwean miners call for stiffer penalty for Chinese shooter

By Business Reporter – Monday 22 June 2020 HARARE (Mining Index) – MINERS across the country have responded with rage to the recent shooting of two Zimbabwean nationals by a Chinese miner at Reeden Mine in Gweru following a wage dispute. Zhang Xueun, 41 shot Wendy Chikwaira (31) and Kennedy Tachiona (39) after the duo […]

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- June 22, 2020
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Miners call on government to introduce a flat rate for council levy

By Business Reporter – Monday 22 June 2020 HARARE (Mining Index) – MINERS have called on government to introduce a flat rate for Rural Council Levy to bring uniformity and avoid over charging by local authorities. This follows a recent review for rural levies by local authorities Rural District Councils (RDCs) across the country, with […]

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