Small-scale miners are targeting at least 40 tonnes of gold output this year, up from 25 tonnes produced last year, following the implementation of more efficient mining methods in the sector. Gold is Zimbabwe’s single largest foreign currency earner while artisanal miners account for more than half the country’s national production. […]
A total of 21 deaths in 13 months has left a booming gold mining project run by locally-owned company Better Brands in Penhalonga just outside Mutare being stopped so as to bring sanity in the area following an increasing number of fatalities during the gold extraction processes as well as environmental […]
Lithium mining in Zimbabwe is on the rise with young entrepreneurs anticipating that the sector will produce millions of dollars in less than five years. Efforts to diversify lithium sources will attract foreign investment into Africa in the coming years as major economies look to secure the mineral for their battery supply […]
The Northern region event was the third in Mashonaland Central since the launch of regional MINEX events in 2016. Focusing on providing critical information and promoting health and safety in Artisanal and Small Scale Mining (ASM), the event was sponsored by ZELA and supported by the Zimbabwe Miners Federation.Topical issues centered [...]