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RBZ, Ministry collide over platinum miners' payments

The Ministry of Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion is under pressure to meet local currency obligations owed to platinum exporters, as a US$400 million Afreximbank loan weighs heavily on its coffers. The Reserve Bank of…

Published: 4 hrs ago | 87 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's platinum output to fall 4% in 2025

Zimbabwe's platinum production is projected to decline by 4% to 491,000 ounces in 2025, falling short of last year's record output, according to a new report from the World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC).The anticipated drop marks a re…

Published: 30 May 2025 at 13:31hrs | | by Staff reporter

Anglo American Platinum to rebrand as Valterra Platinum

Anglo American Platinum, the mining giant that owns Zimbabwe's Unki Mine, has announced plans to rebrand as Valterra Platinum, signaling the end of an era for the company.The name change is part of sweeping restructuring efforts by its par…

Published: 24 Mar 2025 at 13:39hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Bongani Mafu bags $200,000 from Ngezi Platinum

Premier Soccer League champions Ngezi Platinum Stars have been ordered by FIFA to pay former coach Bongani Mafu close to US$200,000 in compensation for unfair dismissal. The platinum miners face a deadline of September 10 to appeal the dec…

Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe platinum output to remain stable

Platinum production in Zimbabwe is expected to remain stable this year, with global demand projected to rise by 3% to approximately 226,000 ounces, according to a report released by the World Platinum Council (WPC) yesterday.The WPC's repo…

Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 08:51hrs | | by Staff reporter

Ngezi Platinum crash out

AS Maniema Union 0 - 0 Ngezi Platinum Stars(AS Maniema Union progress to the first round after a 4-3 penalty shootout win)Ngezi Platinum Stars were eliminated from their debut CAF Champions League campaign after a heartbreaking penalty sho…

Published: 26 Aug 2024 at 08:08hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Africa must move with time

As we commemorate Africa Day, we need to reflect on the potential the continent has and devise ways to improve on our weaknesses and make the continent great.Africa is often referred to as a "land of riches" due to its abundance of natural…

Published: 23 May 2024 at 19:18hrs | 27 | by Leonard Koni

Distinctly Bosso

Ngezi Platinum 0- 1 Highlanders GIANTS Highlanders brought down the curtain on the first-half of the season with a massive win over Ngezi Platinum Stars at Baobab yesterday to open a seven-point lead at the top in the Castle Lager Premiers…

Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 06:56hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter

FC Platinum, Chiefs booted out of Caf competitions

REIGNING Castle Lager Premier Soccer League champions FC Platinum and Chibuku Super Cup holders Bulawayo Chiefs were excluded from the Caf Champions League and Confederation Cup preliminary draw held in Cairo, Egypt, yesterday.Chairman of …

Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:43hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter

Ngezi drown DeMbare

Ngezi Platinum Stars 2 - 1 DynamosNgezi Platinum Stars came from behind to inflict a second league defeat on Dynamos and shoot to the top of the log.The engrossing encounter played in front of a sizeable crowd at Baobab Stadium, saw Donald…

Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter

Ngezi Platinum eye top spot

Ngezi Platinum Stars will be looking to shoot to the summit of the Castle Lager Premier Soccer log standings when they take on struggling Black Rhinos at the National Sports Stadium this afternoon.The Mhondoro-Ngezi miners are in a rich ve…

Published: 10 May 2023 at 06:01hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean minister sweats over idle platinum miner

INVESTORS in one of Zimbabwe's biggest platinum projects - Todal Mining - were this week said to have dumped the project, turning the heat on Mines minister Winston Chitando to cancel its licence.Todal's claims were taken from Anglo Americ…

Published: 14 Apr 2023 at 19:47hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Karo Mining's US$4,2bn Zimbabwe platinum project takes off

The Karo Mining Holdings (KMH), a Zimbabwean platinum group metal (PGMs) miner undertaking a US$4,2 billion project in Mhondoro, has commenced operations with the first ore expected in the processing mill by July 2024.The Karo project is a…

Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:04hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Platinum seen as Zimbabwe's mainstay for foreseeable future

PLATINUM is likely to be Zimbabwe's mainstay in the foreseeable future considering the way platinum firms operating in the country are investing in new mines and smelters to increase production and sustain business.Over the past few years,…

Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 06:11hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Dembare issue Platinum warning

Dynamos captain Patson Jaure has warned FC Platinum that his team will give them a good fight for the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League title ahead of DeMbare's trip to Kariba for a date with ZPC Kariba this afternoon.The Harare giants wi…

Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:09hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter

Mphoko spills beans on murky US$6bn deal

Former vice-president Phelekezela Mphoko has revealed how the army seized Zimbabwe's biggest platinum reserves, saying he was threatened with dismissal by unnamed generals for questioning the deal while he was still the country's ambassado…

Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:10hrs | 33 | 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 | 28 | by Staff reporter

Mwaruwari takes over at Ngezi Platinum Stars

FORMER Warriors captain Benjani Mwaruwari is set to be confirmed as the new Ngezi Platinum Stars head coach after reportedly signing a four-year deal with the ambitious Premier Soccer League club.The deal will see Mwaruwari replacing Rodwe…

Published: 26 Mar 2022 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's platinum output rises 6%

ZIMBABWE'S platinum output increased by 6% to 475 000 ounces (oz) last year as the backlog of semi-finished inventory was processed through South African smelters and refineries, the World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC) has said.In 202…

Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:07hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Kaindu eyes Ngezi Platinum job

FORMER Highlanders and Triangle coach Kelvin Kaindu is one of the high-profile coaches who have reportedly applied for the vacant Ngezi Platinum Stars coaching job.Reports early this week had suggested that the job had been given to former…

Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 07:41hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

A Platinum Chibuku showdown

HAVING guided FC Platinum to three Chibuku Super Cup final appearances, including a victory in 2014, and also helping the Zvishavane miners to three league championship titles, Norman Mapeza feels like he has to start all over again.Mapeza…

Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter

Karo plows ahead with mega platinum project

Karo Resources' integrated platinum project in Mhondoro-Ngezi is still proceeding despite disruptions caused by the coronavirus.The project involves mining platinum, chrome, coal and the establishment of a power plant, smelter and refinery…

Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:36hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe set to up platinum output

Zimbabwe is expected to add up to 4% (about 17 thousand ounces (koz)) of platinum production volumes as a backlog of semi-finished inventory is refined in south Africa on the back of easing disruptions and record platinum group minerals (p…

Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:18hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter

GameCocks make Platinum signing

CHICKEN Inn have found a replacement for their retired veteran midfielder Clemence Matawu after robbing Ngezi Platinum Stars of speedster Michael Charamba.Charamba (24) suffered a horrific knee injury in August 2019 in a league game agains…

Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:30hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe platinum output up 4%

According to the World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC) latest Platinum quarterly report for the third quarter of 2020, Zimbabwe saw a marginal increase in platinum output in a period where global demand for platinum outweighed supply dr…

Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 10:41hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Mapeza back in Caf inter-club trenches

JUST over a year after he turned his back on continental inter-club football, Norman Mapeza is expected to make his return to Champions League in Mozambique tomorrow. He leads FC Platinum into a tricky date against Costa do Sol in Maputo. …

Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:00hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

Anglo American Platinum believes in Mnangagwa's vision

MULTINATIONAL mining group, Anglo American Platinum, has pledged continued support for Zimbabwe's economic development in partnership with Government as it believes in President Mnangagwa's vision of transforming the country into a middle-…

Published: 17 May 2019 at 06:19hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe to announce more PGM investors

Government will, in the next few weeks, announce at least two more investors that are expected to deploy huge foreign capital in the country's platinum sector as scores of local and foreign investors fall in love with the Government's "Zim…

Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:30hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Unki FY production up 15%

ANGLO American Platinum's local unit, Unki Platinum, reported a 15% production increase to 85 900 ounces in the full year to December 2018 up from 74 600 ounces recorded in prior year driven by an improvement in operational efficiencies.Qu…

Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 08:15hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe parly protests suspension of platinum tax

Lawmakers are not happy with Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's move to suspend a 15 percent tax on raw platinum exports until January 2022 to give the mining firms time to set up smelters ad refineries. The tax was introduced by government i…

Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 09:27hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's $4,2bn platinum deal in limbo

DODGY investment firm Karo Resources, which was controversially allocated vast platinum claims previously held by Zimplats ostensibly to set up a US$4,2 billion plant - a figure which it later disowned to the Zimbabwe Independent suggestin…

Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 12:58hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter

FC Platinum wins the battle of Platinum

FC Platinum 2 - 1 Ngezi Platinum NORMAN MAPEZA tried his best to play it cool as everyone around him celebrated this come from behind win at Mandava as if FC Platinum had already secured their first Castle Lager Premier Soccer League title…

Published: 19 Nov 2017 at 08:36hrs | 377 | by Staff reporter

Harare City halt Platinum charge again

Harare City 0 - 0 FC PlatinumFC PLATINUM coach Norman Mapeza yesterday rued the missed chance by his side to extend their lead at the top of the table after they were held to a goalless draw by Harare City at Rufaro.Mapeza, who just came s…

Published: 28 Oct 2017 at 07:37hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter

Government seals off gold, platinum fields

Gold and platinum mining fields have been sealed off countrywide by government.Government wants to wade off speculative investors accessing the areas.Mines and Mining Development ministry through its permanent secretary, Francis Gudyanga i…

Published: 13 Oct 2016 at 08:08hrs | 871 | by Thobekile Zhou

Zimbabwe has bigger platinum reserves than Russia, requires $5bn

ZIMBABWE has far bigger platinum reserves than Russia and the capital-intensive mining sector requires $5,3 billion and predictable policies to stimulate platinum output, the Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe (CMZ) has said.According to a repor…

Published: 22 Oct 2013 at 05:42hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter

Russian fixer handed rich platinum concession in Zimbabwe

MOSCOW - A Russian fixer handed an "exclusive licence" to develop the Darwendale platinum deposits in 2006 has said he is ready to bail-out and sell his shares on the open  market if the multi-million dollar project fails to get off t…

Published: 04 Jun 2013 at 05:26hrs | | by Staff reporter

Highlanders vs FC Platinum - Live update

Highlanders 1 (Mambare) - 0 FC PlatinumBosso score through Mambare in the 24th minute.We had created a live page for people to post their comments, see below the updates that were posted.

Published: 14 Nov 2012 at 14:42hrs | 230 | by N Ncube

Indigenisation: Zimbabwe has much to lose as Implats

WITH the final countdown underway on the Zimbabwe indigenisation saga, Brendan Ryan who writes for miningmx and hold shares in Impala Platinum says, let's take a hard look at what's at stake come November 15 when Zimplats is due to submit …

Published: 12 Oct 2011 at 10:28hrs | 841 | by Brendan Ryan

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