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Cyanide spill forces Ran Mine shutdown, residents warned
Ran Mine, Bindura has been ordered by the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) to shutdown after laboratory tests confirmed the presence of cyanide in water sources following a spill from the mine's ...Published: 26 Feb 2025 at 15:03hrs | 1243 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
Deputy PG implicated in gold mine scandal
ZIMBABWE'S acting deputy prosecutor-general, Michael Reza, is facing allegations of "conspiracy" and "sabotage" in connection with disputed gold claims in Bindura, documents obtained by Truth Diggers ...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 10:01hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Matanga told to guard Chitando's docket
A FIRM embroiled in a fight for control of gold claims at a Bindura mine has petitioned the commissioner general of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Godwin Matanga, over a docket opened against form...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 17:27hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Minister sued for gold mine ‘fraud'
A HARARE resources firm has slapped former Mines minister, Winston Chitando with a slew of criminal charges for allegedly corruptly awarding lucrative gold claims in Bindura to a rival miner.T...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 17:21hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Corrupt Ran mine workers in illegal miners death scandal
Residents of Bindura have come out guns blazing at Ran mine management over the tragic mine accident that killed five gold panners last week. ...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 14:41hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
Man hangs self at Apostolic shrine
Bindura residents were shell shocked to see Aleck Chizuku's (27) life less body hanging on a tree at Ran mine Bindura on Monday.T...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 16:22hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
Mnangagwa should heed UN counsel on sanctions
IN one of the NewsDay issues this week, we carried a story in which the United Nations (UN) added its voice to the long-standing thorny and hot debate on the country's contentious subject of sanctions...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF comes to the rescue of 500 families facing eviction from mine
THE Zanu-PF Mashonaland Central provincial leadership hasp has negotiated with new Ran Mine investors to delay the eviction of 500 families residing at the mine compound following a 48-hour notice iss...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Married girlfriend killer nabbed
BINDURA based murder suspect Norman Rabu (47) of Ran mine who was on the run for allegedly stabbing his married girlfriend Joice Ginzo to dea...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 21:39hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Soldier whiskey kills Bindura man
A 25-YEAR -OLD Bindura man died on Monday after consuming too much illicit beer called soldier whiskey.Collen Madzima (45) of ran mine ...Published: 15 Dec 2021 at 21:07hrs | 11 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zacc probes gold mine row
BLACKGATE investments, a firm that last week lost the disputed Ran Gold Mines near Bindura, has mounted fresh attempts to reclaim the asset, submitting explosive dossiers to anti-corruption agencies a...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Minister in trouble over gold mine
SPARKS flew in the Ministry of Mines this week, as the long-running dispute over Ran Gold Mines, a 122-year-old asset in Bindura, took a new twist, with an angry party to the deadlock accusing Mines m...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 09:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dragged into mine dispute
THE names of Zimbabwe's late strongman Robert Mugabe and his successor, President Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured) have been dragged into a blazing dispute over Ran Gold Mine, a Mashonaland Central domic...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:22hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ran Mine rescue mission to stop
Rescue operations at Ran Mine in Bindura where at least 10 miners were trapped in a disused mine shaft two weeks ago have stopped after the tunnel continued to collapse. Mines and Mining...Published: 07 Dec 2020 at 06:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
3 killed in mine mishap
Three miners died last week at Kunyu Mine in Mudzi after they were crushed by two ore wagons which fell into a shaft. Two of the victims died on the spot, while the other died on admission to ...Published: 07 Dec 2020 at 06:52hrs | 72 | by Staff reporter
Miners body urges govt to formalise gold panning
CONFEDERATION of Zimbabwe Miners (CZM) president Rangani Chauke has called on government to urgently regularise the operations of artisanal miners to avoid disasters and integrate the sector into the ...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
The situation remains the same at Ran mine
SEVEN DAYS now since the collapse of Ran mine, Bindura and only one body of the illegal miners from the suspected 30 and one helper have been retrieved.The shaft which is over 500 metres deep ...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 18:31hrs | 8 | by Simbarashe Sithole
MP clashes with mining expert at Ran mine
Bindura North legislator Kenneth Musanhi clashed with a mining expert at Ran mine this afternoon after he tried to school the expert on how to do his job.Musanhi had visited the accident scene...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 15:52hrs | 5 | by Lloyd Rabaya / Simbarashe Sithole
Miners still trapped underground
THE 30 illegal miners trapped in a collapsed shaft at Ran Mine in Bindura were still underground yesterday as efforts to dewater the shaft were in progress.This came amid reports that a volunt...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rescue mission for 10 trapped miners starts
Efforts to rescue more than 10 miners that were trapped in a disused mine shaft at Ran Mine in Bindura on Wednesday started in earnest yesterday following the arrival of mining experts and heavy equip...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 06:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
40 trapped in collapsed Bindura mine
ABOUT 40 illegal miners were yesterday trapped at Ran Mine in Bindura after a disused mine shaft collapsed. Six miners were retrieved and rushed to Bindura Hospital for treatment, according to Zimbabw...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Miners trapped underground after landslide
Several illegal miners were trapped at Ran mine, Bindura this afternoon after landslide rains poured the mining town.When Bulawayo24.co...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 20:33hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mutambara in court
MDC-Alliance principal Agrippah Mutambara appeared in court on Monday, facing charges of damaging a Mashonaland Central Provincial Heroes Acre signpost together with his other party members who were s...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Veteran miners stempede for Zimbabwe comeback
Robert Mugabe's fall as Zimbabwe president is setting the scene for the return of a London mining listing for Andrew Groves and his long-term business partner -- and former England cricketer -- Phil E...Published: 14 Feb 2018 at 07:38hrs | 3 | by Bloomberg
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