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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...

South Africa's tax authority South African Revenue Service (SARS) has uncovered a $1.8 billion gold scam, in which coins and jewellery were illegally smelted into gold bars for sale overseas, a watchdog said Thursday.Between 2012 and...

ARTISANAL miners have been warned to stop mining activities during the rainy season to avoid possible mine collapses because of the wet ground.“The rains have made mining shafts and pillars in unregulated mining operations weak, hence...

WOMEN mining in Matabeleland South Province want a bigger slice of the cake and are seeking small-scale mining claims in gold rich areas across the province.Gwanda District sits on the Greenstone gold belt which hosts notable...

CHINESE mining company, Edsabri (Private) Limited, has been fined $520 000 by the Environmental Management Agency (Ema) for conducting gold mining activities at the Inyorka ranch in Matobo district, Matabeleland South province  without an environmental impact...

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...

THE Chinese embassy in Zimbabwe has claimed that some unnamed Western media outlets were on a smear campaign to discredit its investments.This follows media coverage of various incidents involving relocation of locals in areas where Chinese...

TWO daring men, who were part of a 17-member gang that breached security at gold-rich Eldorado Mine and sneaked underground to steal gold ore, have been convicted of contravening the Mines and Minerals Act. The duo of...

TWO illegal gold panners died Monday while another was seriously injured and hospitalised after a shaft they were working in collapsed at a Banket farm. The illegal prospectors had allegedly dug pits in search of gold at...