NEWS
CHART: Study predicts over 400% increase in copper, lithium, nickel battery demand
BloombergNEF has upped its predictions for annual demand for lithium-ion batteries by more than a third from its previous forecast on the back of...
Hope fades for trapped Shurugwi miners
CHANCES of finding three trapped gold miners alive are now very slim, more than a week since a tunnel they were working in collapsed...
ZMDC to dilute stake in mining assets
The Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) is planning to reduce its shareholding in mining assets across the country as part of a privatisation drive.ZMDC...
Shamva targets 3500kg output
Gold miner Shamva Mine is targeting to produce 3 500 kilogrammes (kg) annually once fully developed.Currently, Shamva Gold Mine, which was officially re-opened last...
New proposal to levy miners 5 percent
Zimbabwe’s governing party, Zanu PF, wants mining companies to be levied 5 percent of their revenues to fund development of communities where they conduct...
Industry forecasts better Q2 prospects
Industry expects capacity utilisation to improve to 56 percent in the second quarter of the year, from 47 percent in the first quarter, but...
Is it Employee Welfare or Paternalism?
The mining industry in Zimbabwe is and has always been labour intensive and over the years, the management of labour has evolved from the...
Understanding Artisanal miners as an economic tool
FACTSThere are approximately 100 million artisanal miners globally.
Approximately about Plus 500 000 artisanal miners in Zimbabwe as of 2017 UNIDO report.
Artisanal...
How gold is smuggled from Zimbabwe
A report by the International Crisis Group last year estimated that cash-strapped Zimbabwe is losing at least US$1.5 billion annually through the smuggling of...
Exploration key in achieving US$12 billion mining industry
The issuance of Exclusive Prospecting Order (EPOs) for the country to discover world-class deposits is of paramount importance for the mining industry to achieve...
Recent articles
