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Chiponda – an environmental and climate justice advocate in the extractives sector

By Business Reporter – Friday 6 March 2020 WOMEN IN MINING – PROFILES – HARARE (Mining Index) – LORRAINE Chiponda is an environmental and climate justice advocate with vast experience in the extractives sector with a particular focus on mining. Chiponda is the Africa Coal Coordinator for the International Coal Network, a network of African […]

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Diamonds discovered in Shurugwi

By Business Reporter – Thursday 5 March 2020 LOCAL – HARARE (Mining Index) – ARTISANAL miners last month reportedly unearthed diamonds in Shurugwi, barely a year after discovery of an even more valuable find, the D colour diamonds in the country’s diamond-rich Chiadzwa fields. If the latest discovery of these precious gemstones in Shurugwi is […]

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Chiadzwa Community Diamond Project JV to be concluded this March

By Business Reporter – Thursday 5 March 2020 HARARE (Mining Index) – CONCLUSION of the much awaited Chiadzwa Community Diamond Project Joint Venture (JV) Agreement with state-owned Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) is expected to be finalised this March. After receiving communication from the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development concerning the Chiadzwa Community Diamond […]

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ZMF petitions government over unwarranted arrest of small-scale miners

 By Business Reporter – Tuesday 3 March 2020 SMALL-SCALE MINERS – HARARE (Mining Index) – ZIMBABWE Miners Federations (ZMF) has pleaded with government against indiscriminate arrests of properly registered small-scale miners as police intensify implementation of the recently launched No to Illegal Mining/ Operation Chikorokoza Chapera. Operation Chikorokoza Chapera became evident on the 4th of […]

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We receive 3 potential investors per week – Rushwaya

By Business Reporter – Monday 2 March 2020 LOCAL NEWS – HARARE (Mining Index) – A NUMBER of investors have expressed interest in investing in Zimbabwe’s mining sector as evidenced by the growing number of potential partners flocking to Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) in search for possible joint ventures with local mining entrepreneurs. This came […]

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ZMF president vows to protect miners, stamp out corruption

By Business Reporter – Wednesday 26 February 2020 LOCAL NEWS – HARARE (Mining Index) – ZIMBABWE Miners Federation (ZMF) president, Henrietta Rushwaya says her association has a mandate to protect miners from unscrupulous malpractices that have bedevilled the extractive sector. Corruption is entrenched in the highest levels of governance and threatens Zimbabwe’s democracy, with the […]

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ZELA signs MoU with Parliament of Zimbabwe

By Business Reporter – Tuesday 25 February 2020 LOCAL NEWS – HARARE (Mining Index) – PARLIAMENT of Zimbabwe has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA), an official partnership that will see the latter contributing effectively to the Parliament’s key functions that include legislative, representative and oversight. ZELA is a […]

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Miners moan over delay in cadastre database implementation

By Business Reporter – Tuesday 25 February 2020 LOCAL NEWS – HARARE (Mining Index) – MINERS are not enthused with delays in implementation of the automation of the Mining Cadastre Information System, over one year after Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube allocated US$1.7 million towards operationalization of the project. A mining cadastre is […]

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- February 24, 2020
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Small-scale miners urge government to ban foreigners from participating in small scale mining

By Business Reporter – Monday 24 February 2020 LOCAL NEWS – HARARE (Mining Index) – SMALL-SCALE Zimbabwean miners have called upon government to prohibit participation of foreign nationals in small scale mining, urging government to enact laws that only allow foreign investments in mining for larger mining projects in order for their investment to be […]

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- February 24, 2020
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ZMF petitions government to release unutilised mining land to speed up formalisation

By Business Reporter – Monday 24 February 2020 LOCAL NEWS – HARARE (Mining Index) – ZIMBABWE Miners Federation (ZMF) is appealing to government to facilitate release of unutilised mining areas to emerging miners to speed up formalisation of the mining sector after government declared illegal mining by artisanal miners a criminal offence. Violence caused by […]

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