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- May 4, 2020
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Depressed gold prices force miners to stockpile

By Business Reporter – Monday 4 May 2020 HARARE (Mining Index) – UNFAVOURABLE gold prices being offered by Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR), market disruptions due to the current COVID-19 and price distortions have left some Artisanal and Small-scale miners opting to stockpile instead of selling the yellow metal at unfavourable prices. Due to price […]

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- May 1, 2020
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Gold deliveries to Fidelity fall in first quarter of 2020

 By Business Reporter – Friday 1 May 2020 HARARE (Mining Index) – ZIMBABWE’S gold deliveries to Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR) for the first quarter of 2020 dropped to 5,721.71 tonnes compared to 6,523.49 tonnes delivered in the same period last year, falling short of 801.78 tonnes. According to Fidelity, small scale miners produced more […]

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Marange community in a self-purging process ahead of a multi-billion dollar diamond project

HARARE – By Business Reporter – Friday 1 May 2020 HARARE (Mining Index) – THE MARANGE community says it is undergoing a self-cleansing process ahead of a multi-billion dollar Chiadzwa community diamond mining project. The self-purging exercise is meant to weed out corrupt elements who want to utilise the diamond project for self-enrichment, to ensure […]

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- April 29, 2020
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Prospect Resources signs MOU with Sibelco

By Business Reporter – Thursday 30 April 2020 HARARE (Mining Index) – PROSPECT Resources Ltd (ASX: PSC, FRA:5E8) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with SCRSibelco N.V (Sibelco) for the off take of Arcadia’s ultra-low iron petalite product. The MOU provides an exclusive period of time for the parties to negotiate and execute […]

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- April 29, 2020
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How miners are losing gold during elution

By Mining Reporter – Wednesday 29 April 2020 HARARE – (Mining Index) – ARTISANAL and Small-scale Miners (ASM) are losing a significant amount of gold to boiler attendants during elution. While gold leakages have mostly been linked to smuggling and selling of the yellow metal by ASM to unlicensed gold barons, at least a third […]

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- April 27, 2020
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Chiadzwa Mineral Resources (CMR) chairman – alleged corruption diaries

CORRUPTION WATCH – By Investigative Reporter – Tuesday 28 April 2020 HARARE (Mining Index) – HOW can we expect Zimbabwe to get bona fide investors in the mining sector when corruption continues to rein its ugly head in this economic sanctuary our country? Investors have come, but some have vowed never to return Zimbabwe following […]

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- April 27, 2020
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Traditional beliefs hinder advancement of women in mining

 By Business Reporter – Tuesday 28 April 2020 WOMEN IN MINING – (Mining Index) – TRADITIONAL and cultural beliefs have been identified as an intervening variable affecting the advancement of women in mining (WIM) not only in Zimbabwe but globally. Traditional belief systems still discourage women to venture into perceived male dominated fields, affecting the […]

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Vast Resources chasing pie in the sky

EXCLUSIVE – From the Editor Desk – Tuesday 28 April 2020 HARARE (Mining Index) – PENDING courts cases, alleged forged company documents, fake letters and consecutive swindling of various international investors need to be thoroughly investigated before the diamond tripartite deal involving the United Kingdom (UK) investor Vast Resources, state-owned Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) […]

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- April 23, 2020
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Zim School of Mines (ZSM) introduces online courses

 By Business Reporter – Thursday 23 April 2020 HARARE (Mining Index) – ZIMBABWE School of Mines (ZSM) has introduced online mining courses to fulfil one of its strategic objectives of providing e-Learning solutions to the mining industry and support services in Zimbabwe and beyond. The move to offer e-Learning has been on the schools cards […]

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Why financial management is critical to the ASM sector

By Features Reporter – Wednesday 22 April 2020 HARARE (Mining Index) – MOST Artisanal and Small-scale Miners (ASM) operate without any financial track of their mine performance. In most cases, miners dig into their mining revenue fulfilling their personal expenses. Non-existent or poor financial management is one of the internal business challenges that are faced […]

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