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While Zimbabwe remains a “hard sell’ as an investment destination on the global investment matrix, there are certain themes that continue to attract a lot of attention amongst investors.One such theme has to do with areas...

South African mining dealmaker Neal Froneman is considering retiring in two to three years time, but would first like to double the size of Sibanye Stillwater Ltd.Froneman built Johannesburg-based Sibanye into a company with a market...

Scientists at Michigan State University found that Geobacter – bacteria found in soil and sediment – are effective cobalt miners, as they are able to extract the metal from rust without letting it penetrate their cells and...

Zimbabwe’s mineral exports, excluding gold and silver, for the year 2020 surged by 27 percent, earning the country US$2,4 billion, the Minerals and Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) has said.“Up to December 2020, we managed to...

Prospect Resources says it will forge ahead with its Arcadia Lithium project in Zimbabwe despite the country’s risk profile and has put in place measures to minimise potential impact of the sovereign risk.Assays carried out last...

There must not be a debate on the granting of Exclusive Prospecting Orders (EPOs) because the basic concept of growing the mining industry is through mineral exploration, renowned Geologist Mr Kennedy Mtetwa has said.Rudairo Dickson MapurangaThe...

First Cobalt Corp said on Tuesday it signed a deal with Glencore and has agreed a tentative pact with a unit of China Molybdenum Ltd for cobalt supplies from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.The agreements...

Last year a ‘control’ index was drawn up for rare earth mines as China became more aware of the strategic value of this sector; This was a counter lever to US sanctions in the trade war,...

A mining company majority owned by the Zimbabwe government and whose profits will partly be used to compensate former white commercial farmers for land confiscated two decades ago intends to raise $1 billion for acquisitions and...

Zimbabwe through President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa’s Open for Business Mantra has significantly attracted new mining projects from PGM, lithium, diamond, oil, and gas to mention a few. Great Dyke Investment’s (GDI) Darwendale platinum project’s performance in...

Late last year, the president of Zimbabwe Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa unveiled the US$12 billion road map with aims to developing the mining sector in Zimbabwe to a US$12 billion industry by 2023. However, mining performance in...

The proposal by the United Kingdom (UK) to ban the use of fossil fuel vehicles by 2030 are likely to place Zimbabwe at the forefront of the lithium mining industry, given that it is one of...