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- November 7, 2022
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Zim needs 450 megawatts of imports to fill energy gap: Magombo

GOVERNMENT says the country requires energy imports of between 200 megawatts (MW) and 450MW daily from regional utilities to meet its power deficit. Zimbabwe has been reeling under rolling power cuts since the start of winter in May. Some of the country’s ageing power plants are being repaired and the rest are struggling to cope […]

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- November 6, 2022
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Explore opportunities in Zim agric, mining — Mnangagwa courts investors and assures of security

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has invited investors, who graced the just ended Africa Development Bank (AfDB) organised event, to tap into the country’s agricultural, mining and manufacturing sectors, among others. The event — Africa Investment Forum Market Days — is a high level continental market place championing the closure of the continent’s investment gaps. It operates […]

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21 bodies of mostly Zimbabweans found at Krugersdorp mine in South Africa – exiled Chief Ndiweni claims

TWENTY-ONE bodies, most of them of Zimbabwean nationals suspected to be illegal miners, were discovered near an active mine in Krugersdorp, a town west of Johannesburg, South Africa. Exiled Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni made the revelation after reportedly visiting Krugersdorp Police Station. South African Police Service (SAPS)’s report indicated the bodies could have been moved to […]

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- November 4, 2022
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Instead of phasing down coal the world is burning more than ever

Last November in Glasgow, the world’s climate leaders were locked in a fierce debate over whether the final draft of the summit’s agreement should include a pledge to “phase-out” or “phase-down” coal. Since then, the more appropriate term would probably be “phase-up”. Even as the globe is increasingly battered by floods, droughts and storms caused […]

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- November 4, 2022
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Fortune seekers descend on Mberengwa in lithium rush… Police issue four-day ultimatum for miners to vacate the area

THE country’s policies are once again in the spotlight after more than 5 000 artisanal miners and fortune seekers, including foreigners, mainly of Chinese origin, have descended on the former Sandawana Mine in Mberengwa, Midlands province, in search of lithium which is reportedly exported to foreign markets across the world. Sandawana Mine is in the […]

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- November 3, 2022
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Artisanal miner rescued after spending three days and nights trapped underground

AN unidentified artisanal miner from Silobela in the Midlands province survived three days and nights trapped underground after a mine he was working in collapsed last Friday morning. Kwekwe District Development Coordinator (DDC), Fortune Mupungu, who is also local Civil Protection Unit chairperson, confirmed the incident. “I can confirm receiving a report that a man […]

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- November 3, 2022
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Kimberley Process Certification Scheme to decide on fate of Russian diamonds

The plenary meeting of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) is under way in Gaborone, Botswana, until Friday and it’s expected to decide if Russian diamonds should be declared conflict gems. The Kimberley Process unites administrations, civil societies, and industry in reducing the flow of conflict diamonds – “rough diamonds used to finance wars against […]

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- November 3, 2022
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Zimbabwe exports first coal to China for cement client, gets interest from Europe

Zimbabwe shipped its first coal to China, exporting 20,000 tonnes as part of a trial run to a customer in the cement industry. The coal was transported via the Mozambican port of Beira, Linos Masimura, chairman of the Zimbabwe Coal Producers Association, said in an interview. “There are other orders which may come through,” said […]

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- November 3, 2022
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Caledonia buys Motapa mining company

VICTORIA Falls Stock Exchange-listed Caledonia Mining Corporation has bought Motapa Mining Company UK, whose gold claims sit next to Bilboes in southern Zimbabwe. Caledonia has already agreed a deal to buy Bilboes which made Motapa claims a “high priority”. The miner, which also owns Blanket Mine near Gwanda, bought Motapa from Bulawayo Mining Company, a […]

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- November 3, 2022
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Broken houses, broken promises: villagers still in poverty near massive Marange diamond fields

More than 14 years after being forcibly relocated from their ancestral villages to make way for mining in one of the world’s largest diamond-producing projects, residents of Arda Transau are still living in dire poverty. Across the 567-kilometre-wide terrain of diamond fields and mines, known as Marange, that have sold at least 76 million carats […]

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