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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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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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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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- March 12, 2020
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Gwanda women miners robbed by machete gangs

By Business Reporter – Thursday 12 March 2020 WOMEN IN MINING – (Mining Index) – ANNUAL commemorations for the Women’s Day come in the backdrop of fierce attacks perpetrated by machete gangs in most gold rich areas which had become a haven for informal mining and criminal gangs before the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) launched […]

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- March 11, 2020
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Government to terminate the gold incentive facility

By Business Reporter – Wednesday 11 March 2020 LOCAL – HARARE (Mining Index) – GOVERNMENT has taken steps and measures to ensure the success of the Reuters System in various sectors of the economy, the extractives sector included, which will see termination of the gold incentive facility, said Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube […]

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ZMF embarks on a gold mechanisation program

By Business Reporter – Wednesday 11 March 2020 LOCAL – HARARE (Mining Index) – THE Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) has embarked on a gold mechanisation program to capacitate artisanal and small scale miners with mining equipment and consumables for improved gold recovery. “Notice is hereby given that The Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) is embarking on […]

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A call to end myths that prohibit women from mining during their menstrual cycle – ZELA

By Business Reporter – Wednesday 11 March 2020 WOMEN IN MINING – (Mining Index) – WOMEN in Mining have expressed concern over traditional myths in some Zimbabwean communities that prohibit women from taking part in any form of mining during their menstrual cycle. According to findings by the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA), certain Zimbabwean […]

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