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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...

Ghana’s military has launched a nationwide operation to clear illegal miners out of its water bodies, the West African country’s lands minister said on Wednesday.Two hundred soldiers were deployed on Wednesday morning to lakes, rivers 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...

Uganda’s cabinet has approved a draft mining law that would allow the government to own shares in private mining operations and impose steep penalties for violations in the sector, including prison terms of up to seven...

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...

Petra Diamonds (LON: PDL) has delayed the publication of an internal probe into alleged human rights abuses at its Williamson mine in Tanzania after obtaining fresh information related to the case. The company had originally committed to provide feedback on...