MINING & RETAIL

Zimbabwe labs struggle with a surge in mineral samples

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....

MINING & RETAIL

Premier Minerals' Zulu Mine project impressive

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...

EUROPE

UK resets ties with Zimbabwe in push for critical minerals

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...

MINING & RETAIL

Namib Minerals injects US$300m to revive Zimbabwe mine

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...

BUSINESS NEWS

Namib Minerals rings Nasdaq closing bell with Zim diplomats

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...

BUSINESS NEWS

MMCZ procures drones to curb mineral smuggling

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...

BUSINESS NEWS

Illegal lithium exports undermine Zimbabwe's mineral wealth

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...

MINING & RETAIL

US$1m for strategic minerals licence in Zimbabwe

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...

MINING & RETAIL

Mines and Minerals Bill gazetted

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...

MINING & RETAIL

Prospectors slam Zimbabwe's 'secretive' Mines and Minerals Bill

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 ...

POLITICS

Mnangagwa offers Lukashenko minerals

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...

MINING & RETAIL

Zimbabwe's mineral revenues decline despite volume surge

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 ...

MINING & RETAIL

Bikita Minerals to beneficiate lithium

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...

MINING & RETAIL

Chrome ore spurs minerals sales

MINERAL sales by volume increased by 29% to 592 179 metric tonnes (mt) in the first four months of the year, with most minerals registering a growth, statistics from the Minerals Marketing Corporation...

MINING & RETAIL

Small-scale miners petition minister over Minerals Bill

The Confederation of Zimbabwe Miners (CZM) and Small Scale Miners of Zimbabwe have petitioned Mines and Mining Development Minister Winston Chitando and Parliament over Mine and Minerals Bill of 2015,...

Zim first quarter mineral exports up 14%

Zimbabwe's mineral exports revenue in the first quarter to March this year rose 14 percent driven by sales in platinum group metals and nickel, latest statistics have shown. According to the Minerals ...

MINING & RETAIL

Zimbabwe mineral exports up 12%

MINERAL exports revenue jumped 12% to US$372,5 million in the first quarter of the year (Q1) compared to US$332,4 million in the same period in 2017 driven by increased tonnage output.Figures released...

MINING & RETAIL

Zimbabwe to plug off mineral leakages

The government has stepped up efforts to plug off mineral export leakages by establishing a $1.7 million dollar project to monitor flow of resource commodities and determine their exact values.Zimbabw...

BUSINESS NEWS

Govt working on new minerals policy

Government is working on a new diamond and platinum mining policy to replace the 51/49 percent shareholding requirement that regulates the two minerals.The policy, which was removed a few months ago o...

MINING & RETAIL

Zimbabwe to tighten screws on mineral shipments

ZIMBABWE will this year set up a metallurgical laboratory to determine the exact value and quality of mineral export shipments, particularly the platinum group of metals (PGMs), businessdigest reporte...

MINING & RETAIL

Bikita Minerals invests more in lithium

Bikita Minerals is currently assaying rock samples for high-grade lithium concentrate (spodumene) reserves, which, if confirmed, will help turn the mine into a big money spinner.The world's sole comme...

MINING & RETAIL

Bikita Minerals to increase petalite production

BIKITA Minerals plans to increase petalite production by 74 percent by the end of the year from an average of 46 000 tonnes annually on the back of the company's $10 million recapitalisation project.P...

MINING & RETAIL

'Expedite Mines, Minerals Amendment Act'

With improved investment interest into the country in recent months, the mining industry remains one of the most sort-after sectors earmarked to speed the country's economic revival, but stalling in t...

BUSINESS NEWS

Dispute hinders NRZ exploit SA mineral claims

THE exploitation of National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) mineral claims in South Africa is being hampered by a dispute with another company over a double allocation of exploration rights, a Cabinet Min...

MINING & RETAIL

Zim prospects for new minerals

GOVERNMENT has intensified its exploration of new minerals and has granted 30 exclusive prospecting licences since November last year, Minister of Mines Winston Chitando has said.Zimbabwe, which has 4...