Zimbabwe is this year targeting a 28 percent increase in mineral export earnings as the mining sector gears towards the Vision 2030 target of an annual haul of US$12 billion per annum by 2023. Last year the country raked in US$3,2 billion from mineral exports and this year Government has set […]
Small Scale Miners in the Great Dyke are working on plans to adopt solar energy as a substitute for electricity which is currently in short supply in the country. Excessive power blackouts within the country have negatively impacted on mining activities for the small scale miners. Regular fuel price hikes have […]
HWANGE Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) has resumed underground mining operations at its 3 Main mine after taking delivery of crucial equipment. The company, which had suspended its underground operations in 2015 after its Continuous Miner (CM) broke down, recently received various equipment that included the repaired CM, two shuttle cars and […]
Platinum group metals (PMG) miner Zimplats recorded a 2% increase in ore mined during the third quarter of 31 March 2019. According to the trading update for the period under reveal, tonnes milled, decreased by 2%, in line with a 2% decrease in the number of operating days from 92 days. […]
The Minister of State for Midlands Province Senator Larry Mavhima has fumed over the looting of gold ore at Gaika mine by illegal miners saying they are leaving no stone unturned in making sure that the rule of law is adhered to in the province. Gaika Mine has attracted media attention […]