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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...

CHEGUTU West legislator, Dexter Nduna has taken gold mining conglomerate, RioZim Ltd (RioZim) to court on allegations of invading his Danly mine situated in the mining town.RioZim is being sued together with one  Langton Ndlovu, Zimbabwe...

A crackdown by the police and the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) on illegal gold miners has forced Zim Goldfields, a joint venture between Zimbabwe and Belarus, to end its operations in Penhalonga, in Mutare district, Manicaland...

THE Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) has called on the Government to set up mobile clinics in mining areas to help vaccinate miners so that they can positively contribute to the country’s target to turn the mining...

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...

The seizure of a Mashonaland East-based gold mine has exposed a well-knit corruption syndicate involving high ranking officials in the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development and part of the investigators from the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commision...

Executive Director at Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG) Farai Maguwu and MDC Alliance principal Tendai Biti has condemned the government's decision to sell Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR) without the consent of the parliament.By Shantel...

Controversial Israeli businessman, Luka Ignatius Fabris, is setting up a multi-million-dollar mineral processing plant at Tafuna Hills in Shamva district, Mashonaland Central.Fabris confirmed the development saying he was undertaking the project with some partners.“This is a...

140 illegal miners were arrested across the country yesterday bringing the total of those taken into custody since the commencement of operation Chikorokoza Ngachipere/Isitsheketsha Kasiphele and no to machete gangs to 25 795.Rudairo MapurangaThrough their official...