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- April 17, 2020
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COVID-19: Mining sector and communities ZELA Situational Report – second edition

ZELA REPORT – Friday 17 April 2020 MINING AND ENVIRONMENT: 31 March – 8 April 2020 Situational Report– (Mining Index) – THIS is our second series and edition of the COVID-19: Mining Sector and Communities’ Situational Report (SitRep). We promised that so long Covid-19 is breaking-up families, disturbing livelihoods and causing economic and political tension […]

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- April 16, 2020
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ZMF donates 30K masks towards COVID-19

By Business Reporter – Friday 17 April 2020 LOCAL – HARARE (Mining Index) – MINERS body, Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) last week donated 30 000 masks towards efforts to contain and combat the spread of Corana Virus. ZMF president, Henrietta Rushwaya, together with other ZMF executive members handed over the donation to President Emmerson Mnangagwa […]

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- April 1, 2020
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COVID-19: Mining sector and communities situational report

Situation in Selected Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) Communities  ZELA REPORT – Wednesday 1 April 2020 MINING AND ENVIRONMENT – (Mining Index) – A DAY before the declaration of a National Lockdown by the President of Zimbabwe, and with five officially confirmed COVID-19 cases, one casualty and counting, ZELA conducted a quick survey of the […]

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- April 1, 2020
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Chrome pricing dilemma, miners propose US$45 per ton

By Business Reporter – Thursday 2 April 2020 HARARE (Mining Index) – DILEMMA in addressing the current chrome price has left government and mining experts undecided over the acceptable price of chrome ore per tonne, leaving small scale chrome miners vulnerable to foreigners buying chrome below economical rate. While the wrangle to address the situation has […]

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- March 31, 2020
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Lebanese devious diamond trade on the rise in Mutare

By Business Reporter – Wednesday 1 April 2020 HARARE (Mining Index) – UNLICENSED foreign diamond dealers are on the rise in Manicaland province, with houses in the leafy suburbs of Mutare having been converted into illegal diamond trading centres by a syndicate of Lebanese dealers buying the precious stone from artisanal diamond miners. Houses in […]

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- March 31, 2020
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Coronavirus – artisanal mining communities and urgent measures for saving lives

Special Message – COVID 19 AWARENESS TO THE ARTISANAL AND SMALL SCALE MINERS By Sam Spiegel and Wellington Takavarasha – Tuesday 31 March 2020 HARARE (Mining Index) – DEATHS will be the result of respiratory complications due to COVID-19 throughout the planet. This is now a grim fact of our times, but what remains uncertain still […]

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- March 31, 2020
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Prospect Resources hints on plans to prospect for rare earths in Zimbabwe

By Business Reporter – Tuesday 31 March 2020 HARARE (Mining Index) – LITHIUM explorer, Prospect Resources Limited (ASX:PSC, FRA:5E8) has hinted its intention to prospect for rare earth elements (REE) in Zimbabwe. In its half-year financial report ended 31 December 2019, the lithium giant noted ‘The potential for Rare Earth Elements (REEs) has also never […]

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- March 25, 2020
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99 percent of ZIMASCO chrome contracts awarded to Chinese miners

By Business Reporter – Wednesday 25 March 2020 LOCAL NEWS – HARARE (Mining Index) – SMALL-SCALE chrome miners have expressed concern over the parcelling out of chrome tributaries by Zimbabwe Mining and Smelting Company (ZIMASCO), with the mining company accused of side-lining local chrome miners in favour of small-scale Chinese miners. In 2007, Sinosteel Corporation, […]

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- March 25, 2020
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Countries reliant on coal maybe at risk

By Business Reporter – Wednesday 25 March 2020 HARARE – (Mining Index) – WHILE coal use looks certain to eventually wane globally, Mining Industry Association of South Africa (MIASA) last month expressed concern over gradual reduction of fossil fuels use to zero, which it says poses a threat to economies that are heavily reliant on […]

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- March 25, 2020
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Petroleum Act amendment imminent

By Business Reporter – Wednesday 25 March 2020 HARARE (Mining Index) – AMENDMENTS to the Petroleum Act are expected to be approved soon after government established a technical committee to undertake negotiations for a Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with Australia Stock Exchange (ASX) listed exploration company, Invictus Energy towards exploration and production of oil and […]

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