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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...

IT’S a little before 6AM on a bright, humid morning, and already Melusi Sibanda (24) from Bubi District in Matabeleland North province has been hard at work for hours.Rustling his aluminum pan back and forth through...

Zvishavane Women Miners are working towards the improvement and growth of women in the Artisanal Small Scale (ASM), through empowering each other in between gatherings and workshops.By Shantel ChisangoThe Association, yesterday gathered at Caravan Park for...

The Children of Zimbabwe War Veterans Association (COZWVA) has implored that Chinese owned diamond miner Anjin Investments (Pvt) Ltd two weeks ago collected diamonds from diamonds fields in Chiyadzwa adding on to allegations that the diamond...

Zimbabwe could have lost gold worth US$1.67bn last year through smuggling and unfavourable mining policies which negatively impacted on the competitiveness of the sector, Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR) general manager Fradreck Kunaka, has said.Kunaka said...

Chinese-owned Fools Investment Mine in Hope Fountain near Bulawayo has reportedly dismissed all its underground workers without notice, prompting the trade union which represents workers to threaten to take legal action against the company.The mine was...

Government has made considerable progress in delivering on developmental projects and other election promises outlined in its manifesto despite disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic, President Mnangagwa has said.In his keynote address to the first session...

Iron ore prices tumbled on Monday, dragged down by concerns over weak demand for the steelmaking ingredients, as markets eyed the possibility of further production cuts in the top steel-producing city of Tangshan.China’s top steelmaking city said...

China, Australia, Russia, and the United States are some of the largest producers of gold in the world. Global production of gold reached approximately 3,200 metric tons in 2020. Production in China has increased from 320...

Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) has long been portrayed as a source of environmental and social problems in developing countries. But ASM has been being found to have both positive and negative impacts, and is estimated by World Bank...