Search results: illegal mining

Insurance is not always something people can think about when the mining business is mentioned. It is common knowledge however that the mining business is a risky business and risky business is the reason insurance companies...

The Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) has denounced irresponsible mining and lamented that such practices are placing human and animal lives at risk, creating irreparable damage to the environment. By Shantel Chisango ZELA shunned the practice of illegal...

The Mines Ministry has promised to deal with all hurdles in the mining sector that limits progress and growth for miners and the country’s economy. By Shantell Chisango Speaking at the 2021 pre-budget expectations of the mining sector...

Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) has proposed to the mining ministry to assist in the success of achieving the 2023 twelve billion mining industry. Speaking at the 2021 pre-budget expectations of the mining sector in Zimbabwe held at...

Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) in Nkayi has urged the public to venture into the mining industry through the proper right channels after three suspects were arrested for selling liquor illegally to gold panners at a local...

YEAR-IN, year-out, lives are lost in Zimbabwe’s mining sector, with corruption and inadequate monitoring of mining activities by the government cited as major causes. For instance, since 2018 several accidents have been recorded; including the flooding of...

Early last month five mineworkers were trapped underground at Task Mining Syndicate in Chegutu after the shaft they were working in collapsed.Rudairo Dickson MapurangaChegutu District Development Coordinator Tariro Tomu accompanied by the Police reportedly instructed all...

The small-scale and artisanal mining sector has of late become one of the pillars of the economy of Zimbabwe contributing significantly to national exports. Rudairo Mapuranga The sector which has become of significance for the country to achieve...

Zimbabwe’s small scale and artisanal mining sub-sector has recorded the highest HIV and Aids infections in the past few months, a situation which is likely to hamper operations at a time when demand for minerals is...

THE Environmental Management Agency (Ema) is concerned with damage caused by riverbed mining, at the confluence of Insiza and Umzingwane rivers in Matabeleland South saying that poses serious health risks for people downstream and those who...

THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has turned down a request by a company which wanted to mine gold at the decommissioned Umzingwane Dam and surrounding areas.Umzingwane Dam is one of the city’s three supply dams that...

Large swatches of land around the country are being disembowelled by illegal sand miners who are trying to keep up with demand from various mushrooming housing developing schemes. The ever-increasing demand for housing in every part of...