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3 killed in mine shaft collapse

THREE artisanal miners lost their lives and two others were seriously injured when a mine shaft collapsed in the Mandindi area near Sino Cement on Wednesday, local authorities confirmed.Gweru district development coordinator and civil prot…

Published: 16 Aug 2025 at 13:32hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter

Victoria Falls booms with business during COP 15

The city of Victoria Falls recorded brisk business and a surge in economic activity during the recently concluded Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP15), which ran from July 23 to 31 and drew more than 2,000 delegates from 172 contracting p…

Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 10:14hrs | 59 | by Staff reporter

Chinese national shot dead in armed robbery at Zimbabwe mine

Zimbabwean police have confirmed a fatal armed robbery that occurred last Friday at Pin 3 Mine, a Chinese-owned operation in Shurugwi, Midlands Province, amid reports that a Chinese employee was fatally shot during the attack.The incident …

Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 10:13hrs | 222 | by Staff reporter

6 illegal miners killed at Mazowe Mine

Six illegal miners were killed and four others seriously injured at Mazowe Mine in Mashonaland Central on Friday when a hoist pulling them to the surface failed, sending them crashing 45 meters down an abandoned shaft.The accident occurred…

Published: 20 Jul 2025 at 09:16hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter

Mugabe's son leads AK-47 armed mob at a Zimbabwe mine

A security guard is fighting for his life after a savage assault at a Mazowe mining site, allegedly orchestrated by former President Robert Mugabe's son, Bellarmine Chatunga, and a group of men armed with AK-47 assault rifles.The violent c…

Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 09:35hrs | 1233 | by Staff reporter

Armed trio escapes with over US$500,000 in daring Bulawayo mine heist

Three suspected armed robbers carried out a daring heist at the Old Nic Mine in Killarney, Bulawayo, on Wednesday, making off with over US$500,000 in cash.The robbery took place shortly before 1PM when the trio approached a security guard …

Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 10:39hrs | 1851 | by Staff reporter

Coltart demands urgent action on Ngozi Mine crisis

Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart has sounded a grave warning over the deteriorating conditions at Ngozi Mine, the city's largest landfill site, describing the health and environmental hazards it poses as a "matter of life and death" for nearby…

Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 16:48hrs | 453 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe mining offenders to lose titles under new enforcement drive

Mines and Mining Development Minister Winston Chitando has issued a stern warning to Zimbabwe's mining industry, declaring that operators who flout environmental and legal regulations will lose their mining titles under sweeping new measur…

Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 12:05hrs | | by Staff reporter

New twist to Fools Mine saga

A legal storm is unfolding at Fools Investments (Pvt) Ltd, with corporate rescue practitioner Dumisani Dube raising alarm over alleged interference by a Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) officer in a bitter legal wrangle involving…

Published: 03 Jun 2025 at 09:26hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter

'Tsholotsho Gold Project has 1 million gold ounces potential'

United Kingdom-based mining company Ariana Resources Plc has announced that its flagship Dokwe Gold Project in Zimbabwe has the potential to yield more than one million ounces of gold, reinforcing investor confidence as the company prepare…

Published: 02 Jun 2025 at 18:40hrs | 668 | by Staff reporter

Police releases names of Zimbabweans killed in SA mine tragedy

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has confirmed receiving a formal request from South African authorities through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade to help locate and identify the relatives of Zimbabwean nationals wh…

Published: 13 May 2025 at 11:06hrs | 1441 | by Staff reporter

Giant lithium miner displaces villagers in Zimbabwe

A tense standoff is unfolding in Bikita, where eight families settled on George Nollen Farm under Chief Marozva in the year 2000, as part of Zimbabwe's land reform programme, are now facing eviction. The relocation is being prompted by Bik…

Published: 11 May 2025 at 12:44hrs | 547 | by Staff reporter

Huayou Cobalt bets on Arcadia Lithium Mine

Chinese battery manufacturing giant Huayou Cobalt is intensifying its focus on Zimbabwe's Arcadia Lithium Mine, as it pushes forward with a lithium sulfate project aimed at significantly reducing production costs and deepening integration …

Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 07:23hrs | 88 | by Staff reporter

Fear grips Maphisa after mine spillage

The usually calm and serene community of Maphisa in Matobo District is currently on edge following a suspected chemical spillage from the Nevada 24 Mine dump site that has led to the contamination of the Mazayi River and raised serious con…

Published: 22 Apr 2025 at 08:04hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter

Gwanda Lithium Mine completes new plant

Gwanda Lithium Mine has successfully completed the construction of its multi-million-dollar processing plant and secured an export permit from the Government, paving the way for lithium concentrate shipments to China.Mines and Mining Devel…

Published: 12 Mar 2025 at 07:42hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa-linked gold mine fined over pollution

ZIMCN Investments, a company reportedly linked to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, Collins, has been fined for violating environmental regulations at its gold mining operation in Mashonaland East. The penalty follows an incident in whic…

Published: 01 Feb 2025 at 14:04hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's relative terrorizes sparking protest

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's relative, Albert Garikai Mnangagwa, is at the center of a storm in Mashonaland West province, where he is allegedly terrorizing villagers and grabbing a gold mine intended for Zanu-PF youths, according to sou…

Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter

Kuruneri's widow in legal battle to evict miners from farm

Paidamoyo Patience Kuruneri, widow of former Finance Minister Christopher Tichaona Kuruneri, is embroiled in a legal battle to evict two gold miners, Sipho Mlalazi and Thabani Ndlovu, from Ascotvale Farm in Mashonaland East. Kuruneri has f…

Published: 12 Nov 2024 at 10:58hrs | 418 | by Staff reporter

Chinese mine robbed US$120,000

A man accused of participating in a syndicate that allegedly robbed Dahwe Chrome Mine of $120,000 appeared in court yesterday, facing charges of armed robbery. Taurai Pangai, 33, was brought before Harare regional magistrate Marehwanazvo G…

Published: 31 Oct 2024 at 06:51hrs | 648 | by Staff reporter

China mining firms partner with Zimbabwe on lithium mine

Chinese miners Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. and Tsingshan Holding Group Co. are defying low lithium prices to develop a deposit of the battery metal with a Zimbabwean state company.The two firms already operate lithium projects in the southe…

Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 13:56hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter

Chinese nationals deported for abusing mine worker in Zimbabwe

Two Chinese nationals have been deported for abusing a mine worker at Makanga Mine in Bindura. This action followed the circulation of a video showing the worker tied up and hanging from a loader bucket. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry…

Published: 18 Jul 2024 at 18:07hrs | 988 | by Staff reporter

Man stoned over gold mine

A 37-year-old man from Zhombe is nursing wounds sustained when he was severely assaulted with stones and stabbed by Columbian knives until he fell unconscious in a dispute involving a gold mine.The incident happened at St Andrew's Business…

Published: 08 Jun 2024 at 22:16hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe wants lithium miners to plan new capacity

Zimbabwe wants miners to come forward by the end of March with plans to produce battery-grade lithium, despite a sharp fall in global prices for the mineral, a senior government official said on Friday.Africa's top lithium producer Zimbabw…

Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 04:55hrs | | by Staff reporter

US$54 million Gwanda Lithium Mine employs 300

A TOTAL of 300 workers mainly locals have been employed at the newly-established Gwanda Lithium Mine Zimbabwe at Mandihongola area in Matebeleland South province, in yet another milestone investment under the Second Republic led by Preside…

Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 07:16hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Catholic priests bashed at mine

There was drama at Mbembi Farm in Mazowe when 11 Catholic Church priests were bashed by a security guard after they trespassed into a mine he was guarding.The matter came to light at Concession magistrates courts where Tsaurayi Kaunye plea…

Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 07:30hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Catholic priests bashed at a mine

There was drama in Mazowe at Mbembi farm when eleven Catholic church priests were allegedly bashed by a security guard after they trespassed in a mine he was guarding.The matter came to light at Concession magistrates courts yesterday wher…

Published: 20 Dec 2023 at 22:20hrs | 13 | by Simbarashe Sithole

Plans to develop Zimbabwe's biggest mine near Bulawayo

Caledonia Mining is exploring options to raise US$250m to develop its Bilboes project into what could be Zimbabwe's biggest gold mine.The company, which also owns the Blanket gold mine in Zimbabwe, could raise the money via a combination o…

Published: 22 Oct 2023 at 10:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Govt shuts down Bikita Minerals

ZIMBABWE'S largest lithium mine Bikita Minerals, currently owned by China's Sinomine Resource Group, has been ordered to suspend operations until it complies with legal provisions that include labour, environmental and immigration laws.Sin…

Published: 16 May 2023 at 05:10hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Environmental Management Agency shuts down 2 lithium mines

THE Environmental Management Agency (Ema) in Mashonaland East province has shut down two lithium mines in Goromonzi district for allegedly operating without environmental impact assessment (EIA) certificates.The companies are TN Gold and S…

Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 07:39hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

How Mine robbers unmasked

POLICE in Bulawayo have linked armed robbers who raided a cash-in-transit vehicle transporting nearly 12kg of gold worth US$675 000 from How Mine to Fidelity Printers and Refiners to four other armed robbery cases in the city.Thirteen susp…

Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 04:51hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe army Generals in u-turn

A coterie of serving and retired army Generals plotting the eviction of an estimated 300 Chegutu families to pave way for a proposed platinum project, has reportedly called an emergency meeting to sanitise the plan.This followed an expose …

Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 06:04hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Magaya gold mine workers picket his hotel over unpaid 'slave wages'

Prophetic, Healing and Deliverance Ministries (PHD) leader, Walter Magaya is reportedly embroiled in a protracted salary dispute with workers at his Shamva gold mine, who picketed his Yadah Hotel in Harare over alleged neglect by the cleri…

Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 20:19hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's US$3bn platinum deal all but collapses in a shambles

IT was noisily touted as a game changer for Zimbabwe's mining sector, and the economy; a centrepiece of government's ambitious yet unrealistic US$12 billion target for the industry by next year and catalyst to transform Zimbabwe into a kno…

Published: 31 May 2022 at 07:38hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter

Parly demands role in IMF windfall use

ZIMBABWE'S parliament wants a huge say in the way government will distribute a nearly US$1 billion windfall injected recently into the economy by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).The windfall, part of a US$650 billion special drawing …

Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter

Open letter to RBZ: Mashava Mine history difficult to whitewash and ignore

Dear Ms. Rita Likukuma Re: Mashava Mine resurrects, significant ground coveredMY attention was brought to a story published by the Sunday Mail dated 14 January 2018 under the title: "Mashava Mine resurrects - Significant ground covered," I…

Published: 17 Jan 2018 at 07:40hrs | 2 | by Mutumwa Mawere

Mine collapse in Kensington township, 1 dead

Dear editor, Illegal gold panning in Kensington residential plots in Bulawayo which has terrorised residents for long, a  mine collapse has happened today.   As we communicate the mine has collapsed and one person has died a…

Published: 24 Jun 2017 at 14:21hrs | | by Bb

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