ZIMBABWE Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya has called on government to re-align mining laws to decriminalise the possession of gold to increase production by artisanal miners.Speaking at ...
The High Court has ordered Gwanda-based mining concern, Imani Mine, to cease operations with immediate effect after failing to follow proper mining procedures.The order was issued by Justice Jester He...
GRANITE producers are making frantic efforts to avoid a ban on exports to save their operations and jobs in the sector, businessdigest has learnt.President Emmerson Mnangagwa has tasked Industry minis...
As part of its investment plans to ramp up production, Canadian based mining firm Caledonia Mining has successfully installed and commissioned a new oxygen plant at its Blanket Mine which is expected ...
Prospect Resources has registered significant progress on its Zimbabwe-based electric vehicle batteries lithium project just outside Harare, which it says will become the first major mining project to...
THE Government has started implementing the "use it or lose it" policy, which will see thousands of individuals or companies having their mining rights taken away for holding onto them for speculative...
Gold production at Eureka Mine in Guruve is expected to resume within the next 18 months with refurbishment and rehabilitation work progressing well.At its peak , Eureka Gold Mine was the country's pr...
CALEDONIA Mining Corporation has bemoaned the rampant increase of illegal mining activities on properties controlled by its gold mining company, Blanket Mine in Gwanda.Blanket Mine has exploration tit...
Zimbabwe School of Mines chief executive officer Dzingirai Tusai has been fired.The ZSM board, which sent Tusai on forced leave in May last year to pave way for investigations into corruption allegati...
DAVID Whitehead Textiles (DWT) intends to "immediately" restart operations at Chegutu factory after several years of intermittent operations, following acquisition of the company's majority shareholdi...
Mashonaland East Provincial Affairs minister Appolonia Munzverengi is being accused of using her political muscle to grab a mining claim owned by Mekasi Engineering.The company claim that the minister...
There was drama when police from Nembudzia Police Station fought and disarmed their counterparts from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in Gokwe after they tried to arrest an officer implic...
Zimbabwe is racing against time to find effective and sustainable ways to eliminate the use of mercury, which is widely used by small miners in processing gold, in line with dictates of global treaty ...
ZIMBABWE is not in a position to liberalise domestic gold marketing and buying as this will negatively affect the flow of foreign currency into the economy, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) deputy gover...
Most mining and agriculture sector workers are among the least-paid despite working under hazardous conditions that threaten their lives and health, the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (Zela) h...
TWO Flags Trading (Private) Limited is the legitimate owner of the gold-rich Lennox Mine in Mashava and various contestations by the rival Tambanashe Enterprises were a mere waste of the court's time,...
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered a Chinese company to stop its planned quarry mining activities in Domboshava, following an outcry by over 20 000 villagers who had already been ordered to vaca...
Villagers in Mutoko were left scavenging for water after a local granite mining company, upon closing shop, sealed off boreholes it had drilled in the area.In his report during a provincial coordinati...
Small-scale gold producers in Masvingo province have welcomed the recent price increase of the yellow metal on the world market and pleaded with Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR) to localise the in...
EQUIPMENT belonging to Eldorado Mine in Chinhoyi will today go under the hammer to settle a debt owed to one of the country's leading security firms.The Chinhoyi High Court has instructed the sheriff ...
GOVERNMENT should expedite implementation of the "use it or lose it" concept as announced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa so as to unlock new economic opportunity and create more jobs, small scale min...
THE stalemate over the pricing of River Ranch Mine, situated in the border town of Beitbridge, continues unabated as the owners, Rani Investments, and potential buyers, the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamo...
The trial of eight Zvishavane men, who allegedly raided a Chinese mining company in Zvishavane recently failed to kick off in Gweru on Friday as the State is waiting for documents from their court of ...
Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF), the umbrella body representing small-scale miners, is opposing applications for Exclusive Prospecting Orders (EPOs) made by 11 local and international mining companie...
ZIMBABWE Miners Federation (ZMF), the representative body of small-scale miners, says it is pushing for a licence to import fuel for onward distribution to its members to ensure continuity of producti...