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Minister of Mines and Mineral Development Winston Chitando shocked stakeholders attending a parliamentary meeting review of mines and mining development legislation and policies after professing ignorance on the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), which civic society...

WAGE negotiations between the Chamber of Mines and the Associated Mine Workers’ Union of Zimbabwe (Amwuz) have hit a deadlock over a demand by mine workers to have 60% of their minimum wage paid in foreign...

The Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) condemns the shooting of two gold mine workers, Wendy Chikwaira and Kennedy Tachiona by their Chinese Mine employer at Reden Mine in Gweru on the 21st of June 2020.Video, audio...

Zimbabwe's largest mining body the Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) has requested a meeting with the Chinese Embassy officials.In a statement, the ZMF requested the meeting to address issues concerning the ill-treatment of local workers at Chinese...

MINING communities are also exposed to the COVID 19 pandemic and need social safety nets in the form of financial support and personal protective clothing (PPE), the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) has said.STAFF WRITERIn an...

Zimbabwe's Apex Bank is failing to ship in enough foreign currency to pay for gold purchases, a miners' group says.Fidelity Printers & Refiners (FPR), the central bank unit which is the country's sole gold buyer, cannot...

Several Chinese-owned mining companies in Zimbabwe are reportedly not fully providing their employees with personal protective equipment (PPE) to protect them from COVID-19, a new report has revealed.By Dumisani NyoniIn its latest COVID-19 mining sector and...

The Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers Union is fully supportive of the Government’s decision to extend the lockdown by another two weeks ending on May 3, 2020, as a drastic measure to contain the spread...

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says mines are to resume operations during an extended lockdown, a plan that would need at least 40 000 mine workers to be immediately screened and tested for COVID-19.On Sunday, Mnangagwa announced that...

Blanket Mine has made a monetary donation to the Chamber of Mines Zimbabwe to support Zimbabwe’s COVID 19 pandemic response. We urge all residents of Zimbabwe to do what they can to limit the spread of...

An application that had been made by the President of The Zimbabwe Miners Federation to The Minister of Mines and Mining Development Honourable Winston Chitando that miners get a reprieve and get a waiver as a...

THE Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers’ Union (Zidamwu) has written to the government seeking to be allowed to bargain for salaries in line with the forex retention threshold.In a letter to Finance minister Mthuli Ncube,...