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ZIMBABWE has missed its mineral production targets for the first two months of the year by about 25%, but authorities remain optimistic that it will meet a sectorial US$12 billion revenue contribution by 2023.However, developments indicate...

The Government is impressed with the rate of compliance by companies mining black granite in Mutoko, Mashonaland East province to undertake Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) processes.The EIA is a legal requirement in Zimbabwe in terms of...

STATE-OWNED diamond miner, Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC)’s gems are back on the market after a seven-month hiatus.The ZCDC has been on a massive production ramp up spearheaded by a new management team. Last year, for...

HWANGE Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) is inviting tenders from “eligible” dealers to buy scrap metal at the firm’s concession in Matabeleland North Province.In a statement, HCCL said the request for invitation to tender was issued by...

The Ministry of Mines and Mining Development (MMMD) has deployed 10 teams with ten vehicles to clear Mining Title application backlog in Mashonalandwest province. Anerudo Mapuranga Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) Mashonaland West Chairperson Mr Timothy Chizuzu praised the...

Zimbabwe Diamonds and Allied Mine Workers Union (ZDAWMU) has challenged the government-controlled  Kuvimba Mining House’s bid to fire underground workers at Jena Mines in the Midlands province.Jena, a gold mine, is situated about 80km north of...

A GIANT Chinese tile manufacturer is embroiled in a messy row involving theft of one of the major raw materials for its Norton factory in a scandal that is likely to expose how it allegedly manipulates...

ZANU PF politburo member Patrick Chinamasa has threatened that the government will seize Redwing Mine in Penhalonga, accusing the owners of failing to run it.Launching a Zanu PF by-election campaign for Mutasa South constituency on Sunday,...

MINES minister Winston Chitando has been accused of grabbing eight gold mining claims belonging to businessman Yakub Ibrahim Mahomed and re-issuing them under a special grant to Golden Reef Mining (Pvt) Ltd, where he is a...

CHINESE authorities have aggressively waded into the standoff between Beijing’s companies operating in Zimbabwe and the “superfluous” non-governmental organisations, boasting that without the world power’s investments, Harare would be “candle lit” and struggling without internet.China has...

CHINA’S usually quiet multinationals, controlling substantial interests in Zimbabwe’s economy, threw away courtesy and diplomacy on Sunday, standing up to rebuff “deplorable and groundless accusations” made by the civil society.Twenty-seven Zimbabwean civic society organisations courted the...

IN the City of Bulawayo, a struggling steel industry has in the past few years found relief in small-scale producers. These producers have contributed to a rush for scrap metal that has brought problems of its...