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The Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ), which earlier this year announced a mop-up exercise of the country's gemstones, has yet again called for individuals and corporates to participate in buying and selling gemstones as subagents...

The situation in Norton has normalised and miners are back in operation after police reigned in the notorious Maziga group which had unleashed a reign of terror in the area.Prince SunduzaniAccording to a source, following interventions...

GOVERNMENT has set up an inter-ministerial team to oversee the improvement of security systems at ports of entry to curb mineral smuggling, Mines and Mining Development deputy minister Polite Kambamura has said.A 2019 report by the...

CHINESE conglomerate Huayou Cobalt this week downplayed multiple legal actions over Arcadia Lithium Mine in Zimbabwe, as it disclosed it was pressing ahead to deploy US$300 million for developing an ultra-modern operation that will ship out...

Norton Legislator Temba Mliswa has challenged the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development and the Ministry of Environment to cancel a special grant mining licence at Moflegosh mine in Norton whose activities are encroaching into the...

LAWYERS representing scores of workers and their families who were recently evicted from Bindura-based Ran Mine were last week making frantic efforts to secure their return.Ran Mine Private Limited, a gold asset that has been at...

Zimbabwe’s uncompetitive formal market could derail the government’s ambitious  gold mobilisation programme as compliance will be low, the Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe has said.This  week the government launched the gold mobilisation programme as part of efforts to...

What do you do when your company has claims of close to half a billion US dollars against it? Strip its assets and hide them under another company.Internal documents obtained by newZWire reveal how the Zimbabwe government plans...

AUSTRALIA Stock Exchange listed miner, Prospect Lithium Zimbabwe (PLZ) allegedly attempted to evade taxes in a deal clinched to transfer Arcadia lithium fields into its name about four years ago, multiple court actions and internal correspondence...

Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF)'s FS Mining and the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development's Defold Mine (Pvt Ltd) have penned a strategic joint venture meant to operationalise gold centres in various provinces, with the first centre...

The country is losing over 50 million dollars every year through overnight and illicit sales of the country's gemstones an official has revealed.Prince SunduzaniThis shocking revelation comes at a time when the country is targeting a...

RAN Mines Private Limited, a gold asset that has been at the centre of a protracted dispute between Zimbabwean investors, lurched into fresh controversy last month after winning a High Court case giving it a nod...