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Africa Moyo Business Reporter GOVERNMENT says it important for syndicate miners to follow the law in their quest for mining claims, particularly from mining firms that ceased operations some time ago. This comes as several artisanal miners and a youth organisations such as Youth Business League (YBL) – whose mandate is to help empower young entrepreneurs – […]

Africa Moyo Business Reporter GOVERNMENT dispatched a high powered delegation to China to meet ferrochrome and ferro-nickel buyers as it presses ahead with efforts of extracting real value from its minerals.

Martin Kadzere Senior Business Reporter THE management of Shabanie Mashava Mines has completed a report detailing financial and technical requirements needed for revival of the defunct Gaths Mine in Mashava.

Ishemunyoro Chingwere Business Reporter GOVERNMENT has directed state entity, Apple Bridge Investment, to buy all chrome supplied by small-scale chrome producers following complaints from the miners that they were being fleeced by private smelters who are buying the mineral below the market price.

GOVERNMENT has completed investigations into gold mining which were triggered mainly by rampant cases of smuggling and suspected abuse of scarce foreign currency by big mining firms, Deputy Mines and Mining Development Minister Fred Moyo said last week.

Oliver Kazunga and Ishemunyoro Chingwere BULAWAYO. — Government has identified one million hectares of protected mining land across the country for distribution to small-scale miners in all provinces.

Business Reporter ZIMBABWE needs a new mining  fiscal regime to balance the interest of all stakeholders, Mines and Mining Development Deputy Minister Fred Moyo has said.

Golden Sibanda Senior Business Reporter GOVERNMENT, through the ministries of Industry and Mines, will this week unveil nearly $20 million funding facility meant to capacitate three Bulawayo-based companies to manufacture equipment for small-scale miners.

Golden Sibanda and Kudakwashe Mhundwa Business Reporters GOVERNMENT is negotiating payment terms of a $70 million equipment deal for small scale miners with the South Korean Government.

Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter— GOVERNMENT has signed an agreement with Japan for the exploration of minerals across the country and is ready to partner other players in this endeavour, Senate heard last week. Mines and Mining Development Deputy Minister Fred Moyo said Japan had partnered Government to explore a quarter of the country’s mining areas […]

Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter— THE High Court sheriff last Friday stormed the Borrowdale home of Mines and Mining Development Deputy Minister Fred Moyo to attach property worth thousands of dollars after he and fellow directors of a mining firm failed to settle a $1,5 million debt.