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Listed mining concern, Bindura Nickel Corporation (BNC), is banking on new shareholders to complete all current projects and turn around the company’s fortunes.The development comes after Asa Resources concluded the sale of its controlling interest in...

Norton Miners Association Chairperson Privelage Moyo has castigated the stance by the Police Commission General (CG) to ban all Artisanal and Small scale mining activities that are yet to receive licenses from the Ministry of Mines...

The National Director of Public Prosecution Mr Uladi early this year in a memo sent to all provincial heads ordered all prosecutors to fight for custodian sentences on all cases involving the use of Machetes.Rudairo MapurangaThe...

MACHETE-WIELDING gold panners in Inyati area in Matabeleland North clashed with the police, leading to one of them being shot dead while five others were arrested on Sunday.National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the...

The Zimbabwe Republic Police on their twitter page announced that three illegal panners were shot and wounded by the Bulawayo City Rangers.The city Rangers were on patrol and came across the illegal gold panners at Upper...

These are the top gold producers in the world. 1. China Mine production: 400 MTOnce again, China was the largest producer of gold in the world, mining 400 metric tons (MT) in 2018. The country has now held...

Zimbabwe Deputy-President Constantino Chiwenga has warned machete-wielding artisanal miners who are terrorising communities and other miners that they will face the full wrath of the law.Addressing a handful of people at the International Day of Co-operatives...

The Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers Union (ZDAMWU) is shocked over the decision by the Ministry of Mines to halt search operations for one of the trapped workers at Eskoveni Mine in Esigodini.The union fully...

The Forestry Commission has called on the government to come up with legal reforms that will pave way for the co-existence of mining and forestry management.Provincial Forestry Commission extension manager Philip Tom, made the remarks while...

A small-scale miner Mr Pilot Chigora aged 41 was killed when a block he and his colleagues were working on fell hit him from the left rib and fractured his left leg below the knee.According to...

Recently there has been intense discussion on Exclusive Prospecting Orders (EPO). This discussions centre on the importance of EPOs to the development of the mining industry and specifically on whether these instruments require to open space...

INDEPENDENT MP for Norton, Temba Mliswa says the government must ban the carrying of machetes which have been used by illegal mining gangs to hack down each other and other citizens with nothing to do with...