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ILLEGAL miners have continued to foment chaos in the Mavuradonha Wilderness sanctuary despite a recent government ban on mining activities amid allegations that some Muzarabani District Council (MRDC) officials have been benefiting from the opaque activities. There was a vicious war last year between more than 50 indigenous miners including foreign investors and MRDC following […]

AN appeal lodged at the Supreme Court by Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi seeking approval to impose a Reconstruction Order on coal miner Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) has been dismissed with costs. Prior to the latest judgment by the Supreme Court, under reference number SC67/22, Ziyambi had initially filed an application […]

LOKALIZE Investments, a company reportedly linked to businessman Billy Rautenbach, was allocated coal reserves by the government in the western areas of resource-rich Hwange through a transaction tantamount to “selling a national treasure for a song”. Acquisition of the mineral rights clinched by Lokalize Investments was concluded in April during an event where the then […]

A proposal by the World Diamond Council (WDC) managed to break an impasse at this year’s Kimberley Process (KP) meeting, in Botswana, during which a communiqué had to be ratified by consensus on the implications of the war in Ukraine on the Kimberley Process. For several hours during the final session of the four-day event […]

At least 179 workers at Vumbachikwe Mine in Gwanda, Matabeleland South province, were arrested yesterday for staging a protest over outstanding salaries. Anti-riot police were called in to disperse the protesting workers and their wives over unpaid salaries for April, July and October. Workers committee chairperson Gibson Sibanda yesterday confirmed the arrests. “Many people were […]

Hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of villagers in Marange, Manicaland province, revealed they are now appealing to be relocated from the country’s diamond fields after the area was placed under the Protected Places and Areas Act (PPAA) in 2007 via General Notice of 180 of the same year. Under this Act, it meant that entering or […]

THE Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe (CoMZ) says the mining sector will generate US$7 billion next year, against a US$12 billion government target. In a report, CoMZ said the industry would be held back by high operational costs, rolling power cuts and a projected global recession. In 2019, government launched an ambitious plan to create […]

Zimbabwe has passed regulations allowing the state to collect mining royalties partly in the form of minerals, according to a government notice, as the country seeks to build a reserve of precious metals. The southern African country has struggled to capitalise on its significant mineral reserves and a resource boom due to policy uncertainty, a […]

VILLAGERS in Marange are demanding relocation in protest against being put in a restriction camp under the Protected Places and Areas Act (PPAA). The villagers, who said PPAA had subjected the area to underdevelopment, triggering increased human rights violations, made the call through community-based organisations (CBOs) and civic society organisations (CSOs) operating in Marange. They […]

Caledonia Mining Corporation has announced an upgrade to the mineral resources at its Maligreen site in the Midlands province following a year of reviewing geological work conducted at the property. The Jersey-based but largely Zimbabwe-focused miner operates the highly successful Blanket gold mine which is located in Gwanda. Since acquiring Maligreen in November last year, […]