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Raise forex retention to plug gold leakages: Mkaratigwa

By Tendai Sahondo – Wednesday 13 November 2019 HARARE – (Mining Index) – THE Chairperson of the Mines and Mining Development Portfolio Committee, Edmond Mkaratigwa has called on government to raise the foreign currency retention ratio for the gold sector to 85 percent so as to plug leakages. Speaking at the sidelines of a Chamber […]

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Mutoko Council receiving paltry $RTGS1 levy for ton of granite

By Tendai Sahondo – Tuesday 12 November 2019 HARARE (Mining Index) – MUTOKO Rural District Council (MRDC) is receiving $1RTGS for every ton of raw Black Granite mined in the district currently valued over a $1million, Mining Index has learnt. In a recent interview, MRDC Chief Executive Officer, Peter Sigauke said Mutoko continues to suffer from […]

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RioZim feels pinch of power cuts

By Mining Reporter – Tuesday 12 November 2019 HARARE (Mining Index) – RIOZIM is reeling from the erratic power supply in the country, which resulted in the company recording an 8% decline in production. In an interim report for the half-year ended 30 June 2019, RIOZIM said production declined to 962kgs. “Incessant power cuts which […]

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- October 29, 2019
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US$12 billion mining target commendable – BEEF

THE Business Economic Empowerment Forum (BEEF) commends the US$12 billion mining industry strategic roadmap launched by President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently. Zimbabwe has a vast mineral resource base which remains untapped for gold, lithium, diamonds and Platinum Group of Metals among other minerals BEEF believes the adoption of modern mining technology is a catalyst to improve […]

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- October 1, 2019
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Zimbabwe’s roadmap to EITI launched

 By Business Reporter – Tuesday 1 October 2019 HARARE (Mining Index) – THE Institute for Sustainability Africa (INSAF) in partnership with OXFAM today launched a publication on Zimbabwe’s roadmap to join the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). The EITI book launch, which is a case study for joining by Zimbabwe, follows Finance and Economic Development […]

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- October 1, 2019
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New date for ZMF AGM set

By Business Reporter – Tuesday 1 October 2019 HARARE (Mining Index) – THE Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) Annual General Meeting AGM) and exhibition has been tentatively scheduled to take place from the 5th to the 6th of November 2019 in Gweru. In a memo circulated on 26th September 2019, ZMF Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Wellington […]

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Gold Rush at Lonely Mine

By Own Correspondent – Thursday 26 September 2019 BULAWAYO (Mining Index) – THE recent gold rush in Bubi which left a family of five homeless is one of the predominant cases in Zimbabwe’s artisanal mining sector. An estimated 3 000 illegal gold panners last week descended on Lonely Mine and surrounding areas digging in open […]

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- September 24, 2019
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500 000 carats to be auctioned before end of 2019

By Business Reporter – Tuesday 24 September 2019 HARARE (Mining Index) – ZIMBABWE is expected to hold the last diamond sale FY2019 to auction 500 000 carats of diamonds. Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) held the third diamond auction from September 9th to September 13th 2019 which traded 310 000 carats produced by state-owned […]

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- September 14, 2019
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Gold deliveries to Fidelity dip 40 percent

By Business Reporter – Saturday 13 September 2019 BULAWAYO (Mining Index) – GOLD deliveries to Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR) stood at 12.3 tonnes for the period January to June 2019, a 40.6 percent slump compared to 17.3 tonnes that were delivered during the comparable period in 2018. Government set a 40 tonne gold output […]

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- September 13, 2019
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Chiponda advocating for women’s rights in the extractive sector

Friday 13 September 2019 HARARE (Mining Index) – MELANIA Chiponda is one of the top, influential women in Zimbabwe’s extractive. She identifies as an African Ecofeminist who has vast experience, stretching over 15 years working on research and advocacy within the context of the extractives, particularly the mining sector, focusing on women’s human rights. Women’s […]

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