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A community near Ladysmith in Kwa-Zulu Natal is jubilant after discovering a field full of the precious stones.Hundreds of community members have flocked to the area, carrying mining tools and buckets in search of riches. A...

AN ARTISANAL miner from Bulawayo is battling for life at Matobo Rural Hospital after sustaining serious injuries following a machete attack by his former colleagues over an unknown grudge.The attack occurred last Sunday at around 11AM...

GOLD panners are costing the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) millions of dollars annually through vandalism of railway infrastructure by mining along railway lines across the country.Illegal gold mining has contributed to train accidents that have...

South Africa will grant illegal miners in that country an amnesty window during which they can come forward and "subject themselves to the process of formalisation", says the latest version of a South African draft government...

Gold smuggling is currently the topical issue in Zimbabwe after the arrest of a local man who was caught with R11 million at OR Tambo airport. According to Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe, Zimbabwe is losing...

GOVERNMENT has threatened to unleash “special security operations” on artisanal gold miners destroying public infrastructure such as railway lines in search of the yellow metal.This was announced yesterday by Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa during a post-Cabinet...

 Evictions, court cases and demonstrations have been the major highlights of a raging and one of the longest civil matters in the country which has spanned for almost 17 years now. Shabanie-Mashava Mines (SMM) Holdings has been...

Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is a source of livelihood in Zimbabwe. It employs more than five hundred thousand workers directly and three million indirectly (Parliament Zimbabwe, 2017). However, ASM activities can damage the environment and...

As much as US$16 million was allegedly looted from SMM Holdings after administrator Afaras Gwarazimba lost control of the company to the State-owned mining entity, Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation about 10 years ago. SMM, formerly owned by...

Gold deliveries declined to 3,97 tonnes during the first three months of 2021 from  5,72 tonnes during the comparable period last year after heavy rains swamped shafts and kept artisanal miners from work for prolonged periods.Following...

Iron ore prices continued to climb on Friday despite concerns over environmental restrictions in China.Tangshan, China’s top steelmaking city, said last month it will punish firms that either have not taken the steps spelled out under its...

Troubled gold miner, Mazowe Gold Mine, is battling to recover a US$18m sand treatment plant which was allegedly parcelled out mysteriously to a third party, it emerged this week.Business Times can report that the plant is now...