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Bikita Minerals says it has completed the construction of two lithium processing plants, kicking off trial production at the mine. Global metals giant Sinomine bought Bikita last year in a US$180 million deal with African Metals Management Services and German investor Wilfried Pabst’s Southern African Metals and Minerals, the Mauritius-registered companies that held a combined […]

GOVERNMENT has been urged to urgently intervene and address the poor working conditions facing mine workers. The call was made by the Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG) and Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Mineral Workers Union (ZDAMWU) in a joint statement on Thursday. CNRG and ZDAMWU said working conditions for mine workers were disturbing, with […]

KUVIMBA Mining House (KMH) subsidiary, Freda Rebecca Gold Mine (Freda) produced 603 kilogrammes of gold in the first three months of its current financial year, up 2% on the prior period, despite losing many hours of production due to power cuts. The company’s financial year runs from March to April. The government owns 65% of […]

An ELECTRICIAN employed by Chinese-owned Dinson Open Cast mine in Hwange, who was electrocuted while attending to a fault, is battling for his life at a local hospital. Solidarity Mine Workers Union of Zimbabwe secretary-general Prince Mpala, identified the victim as Wellington Dlamini. The incident happened on Thursday when his employer switched on electricity while […]

NATURAL resource exploration and development company, Red Rock Resources Plc has received licences for its new Lithium mining project in Bikita. In an update this week, the company said a Certificate of Registration was issued last week in relation to the Company’s application through its local subsidiary for a new lithium licence near Bikita. The […]

A 49-year-old woman from Kariba has been sentenced to five years in jail for illegal possession of emeralds worth US$3,015.60. Rutendo Moyo, who represented herself, pleaded guilty to the charge and was sentenced by Harare Magistrate Ruth Moyo. What transpired? According to reports, detectives from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Minerals Flora and Fauna Unit […]

Galileo Resources, a company listed on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange, has discovered several substantial gold targets around the Queen’s Mine located near Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The company also identified a new gold-in-soil anomaly covering more than five square kilometres southeast of the Queen’s Mine with further anomalies to the southwest. Galileo’s CEO, […]

PREMIER African Minerals will now engage with other hydroxide producers based out of China and Europe following the collapse of its deal with Canmax Technologies Co. Premier, which owns the RHA Tungsten, Zulu lithium and tantalite projects in Zimbabwe, last year signed an offtake and prepayment agreement with China’s Canmax Technologies (formerly Suzhou TA&A). Under […]