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- August 11, 2023
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GROSS revenues at the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange-listed resources giant Caledonia Mining Corporation marginally dropped by 0,2% to US$37 million in the second quarter of this year due to the costs of waste-stripping at the Bilboes oxide operation. Last year in the same period, revenues stood at US$37,09 million. Bilboes, which is one of Caledonia’s […]

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- August 10, 2023
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Zanu-PF Kwekwe Central Parliamentary aspirant Energy Ncube has said Globe and Phoenix Primary school pupils are still learning in makeshift tents several months after their classrooms caved in. Speaking at a constituency rally recently, Ncube said processes need to be expedited so that lessons can resume in a conducive environment. The school collapsed about four […]

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- August 10, 2023
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KWEKWE District Development Coordinator Fortune Mupungu has called for responsible mining in the town that has borne the brunt of unregulated mining leading to the sinking of schools and roads into tunnels. The gold mining city has also seen houses cave in due to illegal mining activities, while gold panners were massed into a historical […]

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- August 10, 2023
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It was not just just the layers of coal that stood out as President Emmerson Mnangagwa pulled the veils on the country’s newest coal mine on Monday. It was also the thick layers of irony. Western governments are pushing developing nations such as Zimbabwe to ditch coal, but it is a British company that has […]

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- August 10, 2023
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SMALL-SCALE miners have pledged to increase gold production this year by more than 25 tonnes, given that the government continues to give them a favourable operating environment. According to ZMF, the apex government body that represents small-scale gold miners, artisanal miners contribute 60% of the total gold production in the country Last year gold output […]

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- August 9, 2023
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Invictus Energy Limited has completed Cabora Bassa CB23 2D seismic data acquisition with the preliminary field processing showing structural closure at multiple target intervals, the group has revealed. The energy utility group which is embarking on the first oil and gas exploration in Zimbabwe said the campaign has so far provided business to local suppliers […]

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- August 9, 2023
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IN OCTOBER 2022, Mberengwa — a remote outback district in Zimbabwe’s Midlands province, was just another impoverished region where villagers struggled to make ends meet. Perennially saddled with droughts due to low rainfall, Mberengwa is one of Zimbabwe’s poorest districts where some villagers battle grinding food shortages. Still concerns permeate through the district that while […]

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- August 9, 2023
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Resources outfit, Vast Resources says it expects to finalise its mining agreement on the Community Diamond Concession in Marange after the release of its parcel being held by the central bank. The 129 400 carats diamonds parcel has been held at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe for the past 12 years after Vast surrendered them […]

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- August 7, 2023
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Zimbabwe lost more than US$23 billion through illicit financial flows (IFFs) between 1980 and 2018, a new report compiled by the African Development Bank (AfDB) shows. Other sources, however, said the figure was too conservative. In its 2023 Southern Africa Economic Outlook Report, the regional financier said there is evidence of significant IFFs in southern […]

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- August 7, 2023
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ENVIRONMENTAL protection activities and action plans should act as deterrents to artisanal miners or small-scale miners operating in protected areas. The largely unregulated gold mining activities are taking place throughout Africa South of the Sahara and in southern Africa, particularly in Zimbabwe and causing serious deforestation and environmental degradation. In Zimbabwe, the illegal miners’ activities […]