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Mohadi rallies mining investors
Vice President Kembo Mohadi has urged investors from Indonesia and other countries to explore mining opportunities in Zimbabwe, emphasizing the importance of local value addition and beneficiation. ...Published: 04 Sep 2024 at 07:49hrs | 58 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to craft gemstone marketing framework
The Government of Zimbabwe is developing a framework for marketing gemstones to address concerns over millions of US dollars being lost annually due to smuggling. The initiative includes crafting a ge...Published: 08 Jul 2024 at 16:37hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe School of Mines to venture into jewellery-making
The Zimbabwe School of Mines (ZSM) in Bulawayo is expanding its Gemstone and Lapidary Workshop to include jewellery-making, aiming to diversify and boost the city's economy through the lucrative gemst...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 10:34hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Somaliland Strikes Gold: Unleashing energy and mineral riches for economic boom
In a groundbreaking press statement released by the Ministry of Energy and Minerals of the Republic of Somaliland, H.E Abdillahi Farah Abdi unveiled ambitious plans for the nation's economic transform...Published: 24 Dec 2023 at 10:05hrs | 147 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Our natural resources are our taxes
Dear Finance Minister, Prof Mthuli NcubeSurely, why the 1% property tax, let us tax our minerals. Zimbabwe is considered rich in minerals because it possesses significant quantities of v...Published: 09 Dec 2023 at 14:15hrs | 14 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
UK-based Zimbabwean found guilty of murdering homeless barrister in UK
A Zimbabwean man is facing life behind bars for the horrific killing of a disabled barrister who was living rough on Canterbury's streets.Sobantu Sibanda, the son of a university lecturer and ...Published: 20 Nov 2023 at 22:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Eyebrows raised over Zanu-PF by-election candidate
Zanu-PF's prospective legislator for the Lobengula-Magwegwe constituency, Menziwa Dube, who is set to contest in the December 9 by-elections, was previously apprehended in Dubai for alleged involvemen...Published: 10 Nov 2023 at 06:27hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF legislators lavish Mnangagwa with praises
Zanu-PF legislators have been turning turns to sing the praises of President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Parliament, while MPs from the opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) have been absent from ...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 10:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bad leadership behind Zimbabwe's impoverishment
FORMER Finance minister in the Government of National Unity (GNU) Tendai Biti has blamed poor political leadership and a shambolic mineral resource governance strategy for the stagnation in Zimbabwe's...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 10:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Invitation for investors to invest in Somaliland
Dear Investors, On behalf of the Government of Somaliland, I am humbled and honoured to cordially invite you to explore the immense investment opportunities that lie within this young nation: ...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 09:53hrs | 22 | by Mohamed Osman Saed
Precious minerals smuggled through Zimbabwe porous borders
ZIMBABWE is losing precious minerals through porous borders, with security forces and border officials manning the entry points seriously incapacitated to plug illicit flows, a report by the Parliamen...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean engineer opens gemological lab in Kabul
Former Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) evaluator and gemologist, engineer Clever Sithole, has opened a laboratory in Kabul, Afghanistan, to unlock the true value of gemstones and cur...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 23:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Botswana threatens to sever ties with diamond giant De Beers
Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi has warned that his country may sever ties with diamond giant De Beers if talks to renegotiate a sales deal prove unfavorable to his government.Masisi al...Published: 16 Feb 2023 at 04:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe confident of producing 6m carats next year
Zimbabwe is confident it will produce six million carats and generate US$1 billion from the diamond industry next year in line with set targets, Mines and Mining Development Minister Winston Chitando ...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt pampering looters with tax breaks'
ZIMBABWE'S civic society organisations have raised fresh concerns over elevated plunder of the country's resources by multinationals, and are pushing to close loopholes.During a crucial confer...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Foreigners loot Zimbabwe's emeralds
WELL-CONNECTED foreign syndicates are looting Zimbabwe's emeralds using local proxies and taking advantage of corrupt systems to plunder and smuggle various other types of little-known precious stones...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 18:50hrs | 44 | by Staff reporter
'US$12 billion mining economy unattainable without policy'
ZIMBABWE, which seeks to achieve the US$12 billion mining economy by 2023, is still operating without a mining development policy, a situation that has created a lot of policy and legal reversals as w...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 17:45hrs | 7 | by Dumisani Nyoni
Zimbabweans caught up in Afghanistan turmoil
ZIMBABWEANS in Afghanistan are anxious over their safety, while others, including Clever Sithole, an engineer heading a gemstones centre, have fled, fearing for their lives after the Taliban took over...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 13:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean engineer runs Afghanistan's gemology plant
A ZIMBABWEAN engineer, Clever Sithole (CS), last year made history when he was appointed head gemologist at a United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded gemstone processing proj...Published: 14 Aug 2021 at 18:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Diamonds worth US$140m vanish
ROUGH diamonds worth an estimated US$140 million dollars have disappeared from the supposedly impenetrable Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) and Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 09:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga-linked cartels take over public firms, mines, fuel sector - report
HIGHLY secretive cartels linked to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga are reported to have taken over the operations of key state-owned companies, including private f...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 07:33hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mineral exports surpass target
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 Authority of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) has said. ...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
4 jewelry styling tips for fashion enthusiasts
Image: Credit The right accessories can elevate even the blandest of outfits. F...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 07:23hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Israel talks Zimbabwe up over diamonds
THE Israeli government is in talks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to directly buy Zimbabwean diamonds as relations between the two countries continue to warm up after several years...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu reported to Zacc
CANADILE Miners boss Lovemore Kurotwi has upped his bid to recover diamond mining equipment, cash and gemstones seized from his enterprise by former mines and mining development minister, Obert Mpofu,...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
UK firm readies for Zimbabwe diamond mining
UNITED Kingdom-based Vast Resources Plc (Vast) says it has raised £300 000 (US$393 130) through a placement and subscription of shares as it prepares for the signing of a joint venture contract at Ch...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Movie-style diamond mine robbery in Zimbabwe
AN armed gang of robbers, suspected to comprise members of Zimbabwe security forces and some artisanal miners, raided the Chiadzwa diamond fields on Sunday night and got away with tonnes of precious o...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 10:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe diamonds to be classified as conflict gems?
THE 69th plenary meeting of the United Nations (UN) has resolved to include a discussion on whether Zimbabwean diamonds should be classified as conflict gems during the inter-governmental organisation...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 17:13hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Pressure to block sale of Zimbabwe diamonds
AN alliance of international civil society organisations affiliated to the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) has urged the grouping of diamond-trading nations to classify Zimbabwe's gemston...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:44hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'White foreigners looting Zimbabwe gemstones'
FOREIGNERS from countries outside Africa are looting Zimbabwe's gemstones and smuggling them through Zambia, a mines sector official has said.Briefing guests at a Zimbabwe Miners Federation me...Published: 28 Feb 2019 at 06:07hrs | 1 | by newzimbabwe
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Today's luxury apartments are designed to provide you with ample space, top amenities, beautifully appointed rooms and balconies, flawless landscaping, stunning views and other features all in a prize...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 21:21hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Alrosa strike joint diamonds deal
GOVERNMENT will be partnering leading Russian diamond producer Alrosa Diamond Company (Alrosa) in the extraction and processing of gemstones from numerous deposits which have been confirmed across the...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 14:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
The weapon AK47 was invented in Africa and for Africa?
The AK 47 stands for Avtomat (Automatic) Kalashnikov: and 47 is the year in which it was invented. Mikael Kalashnikov is the sole inventor of AK47, he was at an early age obsessed with creating a sub-...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 12:40hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
India warns Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE should not trust any country across the world in the exploitation of her natural resources without ensuring maximum benefits to its citizens, an official has said.Speaking during the ...Published: 01 May 2017 at 14:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
China plotting new International currency for Zimbabwe?
COLOGNE– In what appears to be a carefully calculated political move set to crystallize China's influence in Africa and Harare, Beijing is reportedly plotting to help President Robert Mugabe's admin...Published: 07 Oct 2016 at 07:18hrs | | by Itai Mushekwe
Russian firm mines diamonds along Mbembesi River
A RUSSIAN company Glernaton is reportedly mining diamonds along Mbembesi River in Bubi, Matabeleland North for the past two years.Bubi district environmental officer Mr Sydney Muyambi confirme...Published: 12 Jul 2015 at 09:54hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe to auction more diamonds in Europe
The government is set to put 1 million diamond carats on the market for the second trading of Marange gemstones in the European Union (EU) market.In an interview, the Permanent Secretary in th...Published: 20 Jan 2014 at 18:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Diamonds 'abundant' in Marange, says Govt
The government says there is still abundant yet-to-be exploited diamond reserves in Marange diamond fields and has since compelled all diamond joint venture firms to mine both alluvial and diamond ric...Published: 10 Dec 2013 at 17:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Diamonds can revive Zim economy'
Business leaders say revenue from diamonds can be used to kick start the country's economic revival through resuscitating the manufacturing sector and developing infrastructure.Zimbabwe is e...Published: 27 Nov 2013 at 13:42hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Marange set to become world's largest diamond producer - report
AFRASIA Kingdom says Marange diamond fields will become the largest diamond producer in the world based on the 16.9 million carats the project is expected to produce this year. In its weekly...Published: 28 Aug 2013 at 05:46hrs | | by Business Reporter
Murowa Mine's diamond production decreases
PRODUCTION at Murowa Diamond Mine has decreased from 98 000 produced during the first quarter to 79 000 carats, the parent company Rio Tinto has said.The mine's first quarter output was howeve...Published: 18 Apr 2013 at 04:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's 'blood diamonds' flood Dubai
FOR years, Zimbabwe has faced disapproval for its human rights abuses, farm seizures and political repression.International sanctions have targeted President Robert Mugabe's inner circle and t...Published: 07 Apr 2013 at 09:37hrs | | by Financial Times
Zimbabwe plans to introduce a minerals stock exchange
Zimbabwe is mooting plans to come up with a minerals stock exchange so it can realise full value for its precious gemstones.The minerals stock exchange - if it becomes operational - is largely...Published: 16 Jan 2013 at 11:45hrs | | by Business reporter
Zimbabwe Diamond Education College to produce entrepreneurs
The Zimbabwe Diamond Education College says it is confident of producing internally competitive entrepreneurs who will contribute positively to the industry's beneficiation.The college, the co...Published: 16 Jun 2012 at 03:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe approves 19 diamond cutting licences
The Ministry of Mines and Mining Development says at least 19 diamond cutting and processing licenses has been approved to date as government intensifies efforts towards value addition and beneficiat...Published: 22 May 2012 at 11:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Imposition of sanctions on Zim diamond producers, hampering fair trade' - Mpofu
Mines and Mining Development Minister Dr Obert Mpofu on Friday said imposition of sanctions on some of Zimbabwe's diamond producers is a threat to the country's projected $600 million diamond earning...Published: 11 May 2012 at 23:29hrs | | by Moyo Roy
EU Ambassador admits to Marange bribery
European Union Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Mr Aldo Dell'Ariccia has tried to defend the 6 000-euro bribe paid to a Liberian Deputy Minister to produce a damning report on the Marange diamonds, saying the...Published: 11 Apr 2012 at 10:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Detective switched $2M diamonds with fake
Detective Sergeant Knowledge Kabasa who investigated the Israeli pilot allegedly found in possession of US$2 million worth of diamonds, stole some of the diamonds, a Harare magistrate court heard on M...Published: 02 Apr 2012 at 22:25hrs | | by
Sanctions will not deter Zimbabwe - Mpofu
Government says sanctions on local diamond mining firms and western media propaganda will not deter the country from benefiting from its diamonds.In an exclusive interview with Cable News Netw...Published: 15 Mar 2012 at 16:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe turns down anti-Marange gemstones NGOs Marange visit request
Government has turned down a request by KP Civil Society Coalition representatives to visit Marange diamonds fields, arguing that the civic society demonstrated their unwillingness to cooperate with ...Published: 15 Feb 2012 at 18:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
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