By Nyamayaro Chitsinde ZIMBABWE should have its own official register of the quantity, value, and ownership of minerals, also known as the cadastre system, by year end to manage the country's vast minerals reserves, the…
TogaBless donates cement to Ruwa Police Base
By Amanda Mavhaza ZRP Ruwa Police base was shot in the arm after enterprising mining firm, TogaBless donated 2 tonnes of cement to help in building of a proper station, ZiMining can exclusively reveal. Despite…
Mines amendment Bill war rages on
By Nyamayaro Chitsinde The year coming to an end and hopes of the Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill to be tabled before Parliament are fading with stakeholders not giving up their war against some clauses…
Sand Poaching Wreaks Havoc As Communities and Environment…
By Ernest K Mando While mining is often linked to mineral extraction the world over, the growing demand for sand due to urbanisation has lately seen the concept being utilised in sand extraction issues too.…
Artisanal gold miners, the festive season and death…
By Joshua Chibvuma As the festive season approaches, more unregistered small scale miners are forced to rush for the mines in search of the precious mineral nuggets. The desire to please loved ones is a…
Amend Gold Trade Act: Stakeholder
By Nyamayaro Chitsinde Stakeholders in the mining sector have called on government to consider amending the archaic Gold Trade Act in order to allow free movement and trading of the precious mineral. They said the…
Rushwaya’s fate to be decided next week
By Amanda Mavhaza The fate of incasarated and suspended Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya is likely to be sealed next week at the federation’s Annual General Meeting to be held in Kwekwe. Rushwaya…
Constructive criticism is health for the development of…
Blessing Togarepi (BT) has been on the forefront of fighting for artisanal and small scale miners’ rights. Recently he made noise about some clauses in the Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill that he deemed were…
ASSA not giving up on Mines Bill fight
By Amanda Mavhaza Artisanal and Small Scale Miners Association looks determined not to throw in the towel any time soon as they have scaled up their fight against some provisions of the Mines and Minerals…
