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YEAR-IN, year-out, lives are lost in Zimbabwe’s mining sector, with corruption and inadequate monitoring of mining activities by the government cited as major causes. For instance, since 2018 several accidents have been recorded; including the flooding of...

WOMEN farmers have asked Parliament to expedite the crafting of the Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill so that it solves conflicts between miners and farmers where deep pits have been left open due to illegal mining...

The total elimination of mercury pollution in the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASGM) is not as simple as legally restructuring and banning the use of mercury, Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) CEO Mr. Wellington Takavarasha has said.Rudairo...

Early last month five mineworkers were trapped underground at Task Mining Syndicate in Chegutu after the shaft they were working in collapsed.Rudairo Dickson MapurangaChegutu District Development Coordinator Tariro Tomu accompanied by the Police reportedly instructed all...

The small-scale and artisanal mining sector has of late become one of the pillars of the economy of Zimbabwe contributing significantly to national exports. Rudairo Mapuranga The sector which has become of significance for the country to achieve...

Zimbabwe’s small scale and artisanal mining sub-sector has recorded the highest HIV and Aids infections in the past few months, a situation which is likely to hamper operations at a time when demand for minerals is...

Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has confirmed the arrest of 13 artisanal miners who were mining for gold without mining titles in Matusadonha last week. Through their Twitter handle, ZRP confirmed to have arrested the artisanal miners who...

Officials at Africa University have raised a red flag over the encroachment of artisanal mining activities which are polluting the main water source for their campus agriculture farm.Addressing journalists at a community reporting press club, Africa...

THE Environmental Management Agency (Ema) is concerned with damage caused by riverbed mining, at the confluence of Insiza and Umzingwane rivers in Matabeleland South saying that poses serious health risks for people downstream and those who...

THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has turned down a request by a company which wanted to mine gold at the decommissioned Umzingwane Dam and surrounding areas.Umzingwane Dam is one of the city’s three supply dams that...

Large swatches of land around the country are being disembowelled by illegal sand miners who are trying to keep up with demand from various mushrooming housing developing schemes. The ever-increasing demand for housing in every part of...

Shares worth Z$3.43 billion were traded in Bindura Nickel Corporation (BNC) on Tuesday, as Mauritius-based commodity company Sotic International completed the takeover of Zimbabwe’s biggest nickel producer.The bulk deal comprised 22 trades in 926.8 million shares...