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Zimbabwe’s second-largest coal miner, Zambezi Gas has invested US$3 million in new open cast mining equipment as the company targets at increasing production to 200 000 tonnes per month by end of the year.Bernard RinomhotaAt present,...

Zimbabwe’s failure to formalize and “technocratize” Chrome buying and exporting has led to the exploitation of local miners by buyers who bargain predatorily leaving the miner with very low returns that will not sustain mining development...

Shares worth Z$3.43 billion were traded in Bindura Nickel Corporation (BNC) on Tuesday, as Mauritius-based commodity company Sotic International completed the takeover of Zimbabwe’s biggest nickel producer.The bulk deal comprised 22 trades in 926.8 million shares...

Saturday was day twelve since the collapse of a shaft at Task Mining Syndicate in Chegutu that has seen five miners trapped underground.Mining Zimbabwe team visited the mine site to assess the situation and progress being...

GOVERNMENT has unveiled plans to construct a 20MW solar plant in Kamativi, Matabeleland North province, with the defunct tin mine, which closed more than 20 years ago, expected to reopen in 2023.A pilot exploration exercise is...

Zesa Holdings wants to raise its tariffs, saying the present tariffs were now sub-economic.Acting managing director for  Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) Mr Lovemore Chinaka said this before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Energy...

Precious gemstones miner Gemfields (LON: GEM) is stepping up efforts to market its emeralds and rubies in China after a report highlighted the “huge potential” for ethically sourced gems in the Chinese market.Based on extensive qualitative and quantitative research among...

Canada’s Ivanhoe Mines  published on Tuesday the results of an independent definitive feasibility study (DFS) for its Kakula project in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which confirms the asset could become the world’s second-largest copper mining...

Tesla Inc. is backing a new initiative to support informal cobalt miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo as carmakers and miners seek to reassure customers about ethically mined supplies of the battery metal.The company joined...

The environmental watchdog, Zimbabwe Environmental Law Society (ZELA) has filed an urgent chamber application to stop two Chinese mining firms Zimbabwe Zhongxin Mining group and Tongmao Coal Mining’s mining activities in Hwange National Park. Rudairo Mapuranga The companies...

THE Government is working tirelessly to expedite the return of expatriates contracted under its power generation projects most of whom are still locked up in their countries due to the outbreak of Covid-19.The Government is also...

The Special Grants given to two Chinese mining firms Afrochine and Zhongxin Coal Mining Group in Hwange National Park for coal exploration and mining have been labelled as an evil genius move that increases the chances...