Zimbabwe's latest attempt to reposition its mining sector through a strategic minerals policy is facing scrutiny, with a natural resources watchdog warning that the framework rests on weak legal foun...
By Staff reporter | Published: 04 June 2026
Zimbabwe has formally classified 14 minerals as "critical" and banned the export of all raw or unbeneficiated forms, in a sweeping policy shift aimed at boosting local value addition and increasing s...
By Staff reporter | Published: 27 May 2026
Zimbabwe's vast mineral endowment has placed it at the centre of intensifying global competition for strategic resources, with growing demand for lithium, gold, platinum and chrome reshaping investme...
By Staff reporter | Published: 19 May 2026
Zimbabwe's mining sector recorded a strong performance in the first quarter of 2026, with total mineral sales approaching the US$1 billion mark following the government's ban on the export of unbenef...
By Staff reporter | Published: 19 May 2026
Zimbabwe has reiterated its commitment to banning the export of unprocessed minerals as government and lawmakers intensify pressure to ensure the country fully benefits from its vast mineral resource...
By Staff reporter | Published: 16 May 2026
Zimbabwe is preparing to designate metallurgical coal as a “special critical mineral” in a policy shift aimed at attracting new investment into the country's vast but underutilised coal reserves, ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 07 May 2026
Botswana Minerals has reported early-stage exploration results indicating a potentially extensive mineralised system in north-western Botswana, marking a decisive shift from licence accumulation towar...
By Staff reporter | Published: 20 April 2026
Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga has called for greater equity in the global transition to a green and digital economy, emphasizing that the shift will fail if the Global South, which supplies a...
By Staff reporter | Published: 24 November 2025
Zimbabwe's mining sector is poised for a strong rebound in 2026, with the Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe (CoMZ) projecting exports of up to US$6,5 billion and industry growth of more than 10% on the bac...
By Staff reporter | Published: 24 November 2025
Zimbabwe is exploring the use of its vast mineral resources, including platinum, gold, and lithium, to help settle part of its US$13.2 billion external debt, Finance, Economic Development and Investme...
By Staff reporter | Published: 26 September 2025
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has accused the government of compromising national sovereignty by permitting Chinese investors to operate mining companies that allegedly violate workers'...
By Staff reporter | Published: 26 September 2025
Deputy Minister of Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion, Kudakwashe David Mnangagwa, recently highlighted a staggering global challenge: illicit financial flows rob Africa of an esti...
By Staff reporter | Published: 25 September 2025
Zimbabwean laboratories are struggling to cope with a surge in mineral samples submitted by mines ramping up exploration activity in response to record gold prices, a mine executive said on Wednesday....
By Staff reporter | Published: 14 August 2025
AIM-listed Premier African Minerals says it is encouraged by progress at its Zulu Lithium Mine in western Zimbabwe, with the second phase of plant test runs at its lithium and tantalum project showin...
By Staff reporter | Published: 13 August 2025
Zimbabwe and the UK are rekindling diplomatic ties after almost three decades of tension, driven by a global surge in demand for critical minerals that's led the former colonial power to pursue $1 bil...
By Staff reporter | Published: 08 August 2025
Leading Zimbabwean gold producer How Mine, now under the ownership of Namib Minerals, is entering a new growth phase as the company embarks on a US$300 million investment drive to revive Mazowe and Re...
By Staff reporter | Published: 31 July 2025
In a symbolic nod to Africa's rising role in global markets, Namib Minerals, a newly listed African mining firm, rang the Nasdaq Closing Bell last Friday alongside Zimbabwean diplomats - marking a mi...
By Staff reporter | Published: 29 July 2025
The Mineral Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) has taken a major step in the fight against illicit mineral trade by acquiring drone technology to enhance surveillance and mineral accounting acro...
By Staff reporter | Published: 23 July 2025
In 2023, Peter, a truck driver, approached a border checkpoint between Zimbabwe and Mozambique carrying a sealed container he believed held chrome, a mineral listed on the shipment paperwork. Having t...
By Staff reporter | Published: 10 July 2025
Zimbabwe has gazetted a sweeping new Mines and Minerals Bill that seeks to clamp down on speculative mining claim hoarding while ensuring only credible investors participate in the extraction of strat...
By Staff reporter | Published: 29 June 2025
The Mines and Minerals Bill (H.B. 1, 2025) has been officially gazetted, marking a significant step toward modernising Zimbabwe's mining legislation, which currently dates back to the colonial era.The...
By Staff reporter | Published: 25 June 2025
Zimbabwe's long-anticipated Mines and Minerals Bill is under fresh scrutiny, with industry stakeholders warning that the proposed legislation remains opaque, exclusionary, and dangerously susceptible ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 20 June 2025
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has extended an invitation to Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko to explore Zimbabwe's vast mineral wealth, as part of efforts to revive the country's struggling ec...
By Staff reporter | Published: 16 May 2025
Zimbabwe's mining sector delivered a mixed performance in the first quarter of 2025, with mineral export volumes registering notable growth, but overall revenues falling sharply. This is according to ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 17 April 2025
Zimbabwe's sole lithium producer, Bikita Minerals, has set its sights on beneficiating the mineral in a development that is expected to rake in more foreign currency for the country in line with Gover...
By Staff reporter | Published: 22 November 2018
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