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CHEGUTU West legislator, Dexter Nduna has taken gold mining conglomerate, RioZim Ltd (RioZim) to court on allegations of invading his Danly mine situated in the mining town.RioZim is being sued together with one  Langton Ndlovu, Zimbabwe...

A crackdown by the police and the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) on illegal gold miners has forced Zim Goldfields, a joint venture between Zimbabwe and Belarus, to end its operations in Penhalonga, in Mutare district, Manicaland...

140 illegal miners were arrested across the country yesterday bringing the total of those taken into custody since the commencement of operation Chikorokoza Ngachipere/Isitsheketsha Kasiphele and no to machete gangs to 25 795.Rudairo MapurangaThrough their official...

FACTSThere are approximately 100 million artisanal miners globally. Approximately about Plus 500 000 artisanal miners in Zimbabwe as of 2017 UNIDO report. Artisanal and small-scale production supply accounts for 80% of global sapphire, 20% of...

Experts are expected to head to the KwaZulu-Natal town of Ladysmith, where crowds of people have gathered to search for diamonds.KZN Premier Sihle Zikalala said the Department of Minerals and Energy has promised to dispatch teams...

HORDES of villagers and gold panners were injured when omakorokoza from various parts of the country went on a rampage at a gold mine along the Gwayi River, Nyamandlovu in Matabeleland North Province.The vicious omakorokoza who...

A document has been making rounds on Mining circles purporting that Police in Mashcentral have begun conducting an operation code-named “HATIDI ZVIGURUGURU/ ASIFUNI   IZIGAYO ZAMATSHE / NO TO HAMMER MILLS.The document (dated 3 May 2021)...

Petra Diamonds (LON: PDL) has delayed the publication of an internal probe into alleged human rights abuses at its Williamson mine in Tanzania after obtaining fresh information related to the case. The company had originally committed to provide feedback on...

PAN-African natural resources company, Metallon Corporation has been accused by artisanal miners of shortchanging them through its subsidiary King’s Daughter Mining Company Limited, which owns and operates Redwing Mine.Redwing Mine is located in the Penhalonga and...

A BULAWAYO man died when a mine shaft he was working in collapsed in Woodville Park on Friday.MacDonald Mhunga (29) and his colleagues were panning for gold when he got trapped under rubble.The shaft is 10...

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) through their Twitter handle yesterday said that they had arrested 70 artisanal miners countrywide.Rudairo MapurangaThe Police have intensified the banning of all illegal mining by introducing an operation code-named, "Operation Chikorokoza...

Two soldiers and a husband to a police officer were arrested for extortion and corruption.Valentine Mutswiti (26), Cuthbert Mutori (22) and Kudakwashe Chivanga (33) were arrested at Spilanzima Shopping Centre in Doughladale, Bulawayo with the fourth...