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The ban on the export of raw lithium is expected to be enshrined into the country's laws this weekend President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced.In his address at a rally in Buhera north yesterday, the first citizen...

WATCH: Nomore raw lithium exports, President Mnangagwa. President Mnangagwa singled out Mberengwa as a hotspot zone for illegal lithium exports.Video credit: ZTN

Lithium is expected to trade at US$83 959.41/t by the end of this quarter How miners from Mberengwa are going to be beneficiaries of the lithium mining tribute Cartels were buying Lithium at paltry amountsIn...

The Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) has taken a move to formalize, professionalize and regularize the work by illegal miners at the Mazowe gold fields by engaging Metallon Corporation which owns the shut-down mine to control the...

Following the invasion of Kuvimba Mining House's Sandawana claims by Artisanal miners from across the country who were illegally mining lithium from the area and selling the stolen lithium to mostly Chinese buyers, Kuvimba has granted...

The High Court in Joburg has granted a final forfeiture order for 23 pieces of gold, worth R9 million, which were seized at OR Tambo International Airport from a Zimbabwean man, Tashinga Nyasha Masinire, who had...

An artisanal gold miner was killed, while four others escaped unhurt when a pit in which they were illegally prospecting for the precious mineral collapsed in Bulawayo. Bulawayo police spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Nomalanga Msebele confirmed the incident,...

Zimbabwe has been losing a lot of its coloured gemstones through smuggling with the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) estimating that 90 per cent of the stones are not benefiting the country.Rudairo MapurangaAccording to MMCZ...

The government is crafting a new law to ban the ownership of a metal detector without a license, a move that has been welcomed as this will stem land degradation and veld fires reportedly caused by...

Zimbabwe will not rush to use mineral reserves under a new policy that compels miners to pay half of their royalties in commodities to settle its foreign debt of US$13.2 billion.“We want to focus first on...

Mine accidents in Zimbabwe have been on the rise with the country recording 125 accidents and 139 fatalities during the first 3 quarters of 2022, a government official has said.Rudairo MapurangaSpeaking at the National Mine Rescue...

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned government officials who are not doing their work professionally to up their sleeves as lazy work was an act of sabotage to economic revival.Rudairo MapurangaSpeaking at the groundbreaking ceremony for phase...