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Zimplats recruited 47 women in 2021
Australian Stock Exchange-listed platinum group of metals (PGM) producer Zimplats this year recruited 47 women, according to Implats Social and Governance (ESG) report for...
ZIMASCO West plant resumes operations, creating 200 jobs
Midlands-based ferrochrome producer, Zimasco, has resumed operations at its West Plant, creating about 200 job opportunities. Vongai Mbara Zimasco is however currently operating at a lower scale after...
Fidelity gold buying prices Wednesday 17 November 2021
Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR) official gold buying prices Wednesday 17 November 2021SG 90% AND ABOVE $57.08/g
SG ABOVE 85% BUT BELOW 90% US$56.18/g
SG ABOVE...
US$12bn mining economy unattainable without clear policy
Zimbabwe’s goal to achieve a US$12 billion mining economy by 2023 has been deemed unattainable if it continues operating without a mining development policy, a...
Zesa switches off Ziscosteel
Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) has disconnected the power supply from the defunct giant steel manufacturer, Ziscosteel, over a ZW$40 million debt.
Vongai MbaraThis comes...
US$50 million funding for gold miners
Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR) is eying the government to budget US$50 million into the gold sector through the Gold Development Initiative Fund (GDIF)...
Fidelity to buy gold below 5g, confident of 100ton target
Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR) is confident that gold deliveries to the country’s sole gold buyer and exporter, will reach the projected 100 tonnes...
Zimbabwe mine workers overtaxed
MINE workers' unions have bemoaned overtaxing of employees in the sector saying this leaves them with little disposable income, making it difficult to survive...
More children increasingly participating in gold mining activities
The reduced economic activity brought about by the prolonged lockdown to slow down the spread of Covid-19 may be fuelling child labour in informal...
Electronic currency might reduce ASM robberies
The introduction of an electronic US$ receipt for small scale and artisanal miners who deliver their gold to the country’s sole gold buyer and...



