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Wednesday, 15 May 2013 11:38
MUTARE - Manicaland provincial governor Christopher Mushowe has warned that the failure by firms mining in Marange to empower local communities will backfire. Mushowe was speaking at a ministry of Mines and Minerals Development policy draft workshop held in Mutare. He...Read More
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Monday, 13 May 2013 11:07
HARARE - An urgent chamber application filed by Marange Resources (Marange) at the High Court to stop an arbitration process initiated by Core Mining Resources has failed to help as the appointed mediator begun the process last Friday. Marange Resources, a...Read More
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Sunday, 12 May 2013 11:43
BULAWAYO - A storm is brewing over mining activities in the Gwayi Valley Intensive Conservation Area as conservationists blame government ministers for misleading President Robert Mugabe into granting mining rights to the Chinese without due consideration. A Matabeleland North-based conservation group...Read More
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Friday, 03 May 2013 11:09
HARARE - Lawyers representing Core Mining Resources and Marange Resources yesterday agreed to postpone an urgent chamber application filed by the latter to stop an arbitration process to resolve their dispute. Marange Resources, a government-owned company, was in a joint venture...Read More
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Tuesday, 30 April 2013 10:10
HARARE - The ongoing dispute between Core Mining and Marange Resources has taken a new twist with Marange developing “cold feet” in its High Court urgent chamber application filed to block the commencement of an arbitration process. Marange Resources and Core...Read More
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Tuesday, 12 March 2013 11:34
HARARE - Zimbabwe earned $366,3 million from mineral exports in the first two months of the year on the back of favourable global mineral prices and stable economic conditions, Finance minister Tendai Biti has said. Presenting his February state of the...Read More
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Wednesday, 27 February 2013 12:31
HARARE - A South African mining supplier has filed a lawsuit against RioZim Limited (RioZim) over a R16 million debt. The company Boltgas Industrial and Mining yesterday filed a High Court application demanding their outstanding payment from the listed resources group....Read More
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Sunday, 24 February 2013 11:37
HARARE - Several soldiers ran amok and invaded a gold mine, looting and turning into miners, the High Court has heard. In an urgent chamber application filed yesterday, Blooming Lilly Investments Pvt Limited told the court that Slashwood Mining Pvt Ltd...Read More
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Thursday, 21 February 2013 10:44
HARARE - Listed conglomerate Meikles Limited (Meikles) is forging ahead with its plans to venture into mining, as the group has applied for a licence from the Mines ministry. Back in November, Meikles’ chairperson John Moxon announced the formation of a...Read More
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Sunday, 17 February 2013 13:58
HARARE - Gravel mining is turning some of Harare’s areas into an eyesore. While the gravel goes into constructing of state-of-the-art buildings such as the Chinese-built mall in Warren Park, residents are left to dig their own way out the holes...Read More
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Wednesday, 09 January 2013 09:50
HARARE - Mines and Mining Development minister Obert Mpofu’s appointment of handpicked Zanu PF officials as board members for sanctions-busting mineral agencies has been denounced as blatant crony capitalism. The State-run Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) is the sole marketing...Read More
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Monday, 03 December 2012 13:31
HARARE - Legislators should devise strategies that will ensure the country’s lucrative mining sector contributes towards the Aids Levy, Health minister Henry Madzorera said. Speaking during the World Aids Day in Beitbridge on Saturday, Madzorera implored Cabinet to review the National...Read More
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Tuesday, 23 October 2012 12:19
HARARE - Only three mines in Zimbabwe are yet to table plans on how they will comply with the country’s 51 percent indigenisation programme, according to Saviour Kasukuwere, the firebrand Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment minister. Zanu PF hawks, using the...Read More
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Thursday, 18 October 2012 14:45
HARARE - Zimbabwe's mining sector is poised to grow to $561 million by 2016 buoyed largely by positive performance of gold and platinum, an international report has shown. Regarded as one of the fastest growing sectors in the economy, mining grew...Read More
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Monday, 15 October 2012 13:38
HWANGE - Government is set to revoke special mining grants from companies that are not utilising them, Mines minister, Obert Mpofu has said. Mpofu who was speaking at the Makomo Mining Company revealed his ministry would start withdrawing underused mining concessions...Read More
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