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In November the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Mining Development advised that the government strip off Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR)on their position as the only legal gold buyer and exporter to promote competition, in...

GOLD panning has been a major source of livelihood for thousands of artisanal miners who trekked to numerous mineral rich areas across the country. Notwithstanding hardships faced by artisanal miners, there have been some that were...

DETECTIVES in Mutare have launched an investigation into an armed robbery case in which 10 criminals allegedly bulldozed their way into the Chiadzwa diamond fields and looted two dump trucks of diamond ore before vanishing into...

The Moti Group (MG), a mining company owned by the South African business magnate, Zunaid Moti, has begun addressing concerns raised by a section of small-scale chrome miners who accused the company of indirectly trying to...

Zimbabwe is renowned for its vast mineral resources, boasting a wide variety of economically significant deposits that form the backbone of its mining industry.From precious metals like gold and platinum to industrial minerals such as lithium...

Artisanal and Small Scale Miners (ASM) for the better part of the year have been the biggest producers of gold until this November when their delivery to Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR) declined by almost 44...

Machete-wielding illegal gold panders infamously known as “Mashurugwi” are wreaking havoc in artisanal mining compounds, terrorising settlers and farmers in parts of Mazowe and Guruve.Force is what they are known for, thwarting any resistance through machetes...