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Two illegal gold miners died while five others are feared dead after they were trapped underground when a shaft collapsed.The accident occurred in the early hours of Saturday at Interfah Mine also known as Success Mine...

WATCH: Nomore raw lithium exports, President Mnangagwa. President Mnangagwa singled out Mberengwa as a hotspot zone for illegal lithium exports.Video credit: ZTN

Lithium is expected to trade at US$83 959.41/t by the end of this quarter How miners from Mberengwa are going to be beneficiaries of the lithium mining tribute Cartels were buying Lithium at paltry amountsIn...

Areas with a high concentration of gold miners have the highest number of child marriages and teenage pregnancies in Zimbabwe, a new research has revealed. A survey on child marriages conducted by Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) showed...

President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa in his STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS (SONA) at the opening of the fifth session of the ninth Parliament of Zimbabwe today said investment in the lithium mining sector was encouraging.Rudairo MapurangaSpeaking...

The Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) has taken a move to formalize, professionalize and regularize the work by illegal miners at the Mazowe gold fields by engaging Metallon Corporation which owns the shut-down mine to control the...

Following the invasion of Kuvimba Mining House's Sandawana claims by Artisanal miners from across the country who were illegally mining lithium from the area and selling the stolen lithium to mostly Chinese buyers, Kuvimba has granted...

The High Court in Joburg has granted a final forfeiture order for 23 pieces of gold, worth R9 million, which were seized at OR Tambo International Airport from a Zimbabwean man, Tashinga Nyasha Masinire, who had...

An artisanal gold miner was killed, while four others escaped unhurt when a pit in which they were illegally prospecting for the precious mineral collapsed in Bulawayo. Bulawayo police spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Nomalanga Msebele confirmed the incident,...

Zimbabwe has been losing a lot of its coloured gemstones through smuggling with the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) estimating that 90 per cent of the stones are not benefiting the country.Rudairo MapurangaAccording to MMCZ...

The government is crafting a new law to ban the ownership of a metal detector without a license, a move that has been welcomed as this will stem land degradation and veld fires reportedly caused by...

Zambia has announced that the number of mining licences that a company can hold at a time will be restricted to five to curb speculative purchases within the country's licensing system. The ministry of mines in February suspended the issuance of mining licences...