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Zimbabwe recorded approximately 150 mining fatalities in the nine months to September 30, 2026, up from 132 deaths in the whole of 2025, prompting Deputy Chief Government Mining Engineer Tapererwa Paswavaviri to call for greater access...
The Zimbabwe National Institute of Rock Engineering (ZINIRE) has called for rock-engineering solutions that can be applied across mining operations of different sizes, with particular attention to ground support and the prevention of fatalities in artisanal...
Ex-Mines perm-sec convicted & sentenced to 30 months in jail
Fraud accused ex Ministry of Mines and Mining Development (MMMD) Permanent Secretary, Professor Francis Gudyanga has been convicted and sentenced to four years in...
MMCZ marketing weak – Miners, mining professionals
Miners and Mining professionals on a highly interactive gemstone platform have blasted the MMCZ for poor marketing.Members of the platform are of the notion...
Zim dumps minerals marketing system
Zimbabwe will in February adopt the free-on-board (FOB) and cost, insurance and freight (CIF) arrangements in selling minerals and metals, dumping the ex-works system...
Covid-19 forces private diamond auction
The Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) has been forced to conduct private sales for diamonds as auction sales are now difficult to conduct...
Zimbabwe losing millions from chrome smuggling
• MMCZ intensifies monitoring and inspectionSTAFF REPORTERZimbabwe is being robbed of millions worth of chrome through a complex smuggling syndicate involving Chinese who have...
Applications for gemstone dealing rejected
Most (if not all) Applications for the buying and selling gemstones on behalf of the MMCZ were unsuccessful mainly due to potential dealers not...
MMCZ opens-up the Gemstone market
Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) has opened up the gemstone buying and selling market by inviting interested citizens to be agents who will...
Gemstones types and location found in Zimbabwe
Gemstones types and locations found in Zimbabwe
Precious Stones
With reference to the Precious Stones Trade (PST) Act Chapter 21:06, “precious stones” are rough or uncut...
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