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Chaos has erupted in a fierce fight over the choice of a partner in the proposed diamond value addition project between State-owned diamond miner, the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC), and Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ).  Vongai...

The very irregular geometry of most mineral deposits complicates mine design and operation. The higher the degree of irregularity, the more difficult it is to extract the entire resource cleanly with no dilution. Mining Recovery is the...

By Lyman Mlambo, Chairman of the Institute of Mining Research What are Semi-Precious stones? To understand semi-precious stones, we need to view them within the context of two closely related terms, precious stones and gemstones. Precious stones are...

The slow pace at which the mines and minerals bill is moving has been instigated by the Covid-19 pandemic as the government delay stakeholder’s consultation due to fear of fashioning a pandemic super spreader, Parliament has...

RIVAL investors are planning to approach authorities to block the return of Bindura-based Ran Mines over ownership dispute. Vongai Mbara  The investors who met over the weekend said a consortium led by mining executive Jack Murehwa could not...

Zimbabwe Republic Of Zimbabwe (ZRP) has reported an attempted murder case at a gold-rush which occurred at Mangwabi Mine in Bulawayo. Shantel ChisangoAccoding to the police, Mphoengs rival groups clashed over the gold-rush leading to the attempted murder.Allegedly, a group called Abomaripper is suspected...

RIVAL investors were at the weekend planning to approach authorities to block the return of Bindura-based Ran Mines, saying a consortium led by mining executive Jack Murehwa, that is championing the project, could not operate the...

THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has described the planned eviction of Kaseke villagers in Uzumba, Mashonaland East province, by a Chinese mining company as illegal.Heijin Mining Company is pushing to evict hundreds of Kaseke...

THERE is a need to urgently formalize the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector to create an environment that allows for the taxation of its players as well as facilitating their benefits from coordinated Government programmes.This...

THE Matobo Rural District Council has bemoaned low revenue inflows amid concerns that mining companies operating in the district were not paying enough levies.Council chief executive officer Elvis Sibanda said mines hardly paid levies to the...

Illegal gold panners are wreaking havoc in Matabeleland South, damaging public infrastructure such as roads and schools as they search for the yellow metal.Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights Coordinator Khumbulani Maphosa said it was criminal and...

WITH pans and shovels in their hands, children, some not yet 15 years old, wash the muddy contents and look through heaps of soil and sand that has been removed from part of Mutevekwi River in...