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Minister of Mines and Mining Development Hon Zhemu Soda (MP) By Licious Mkuni Government has rolled out a comprehensive safety and health training programme targeting artisanal small scale miners in the country’s 8 mining provinces. The free capacitation training programme started on 5 February 2024 and will stretch until April 2024, with provinces given different…
Geologist, Grace Akinyi By Dickson Bandera Founder of Women in Mining Kenya, Grace Akinyi has won the 2024 Mining Innovation & Research Battlefield, after outclassing five other finalists who pitched their ideas on Tuesday 6 February 2024 to a selection of industry experts from across the mining sector. After an impressive round of head-to-head live pitches,…
Minister of Mines and Mining Development Hon Zhemu Soda By Dickson Bandera In a bid to ensure safety and security of miners during this rainy season, government has with immediate effect ordered small scale miners to halt operations and resume when the rains stop. The precautionary measure, which fits within president Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Responsible Mining…
Minister Zhemu Soda By Dickson Bandera Government has not banned artisanal small scale mining but instead directed a break inspired by the need to promote safety of miners during the risky rainy season. This was said by the Minister of Mines and Mining Development Hon Zhemu Soda this Thursday afternoon when he addressed a follow…
Minister of Mines and Mining Development (standing, in blue jacket and khaki trousers) Hon Soda, together with Minister of state Manicaland Province Advocate Mugadza (standing far right) and the Rescue Team pictured with the rescued miners at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga on Sunday 7 January 2024 By Lisca Philo President Emmerson Mnangagwa has directed the…
Second biggest lithium mine in Goromonzi after Prospect Lithium Mine By Jerald Sasa THE establishment of a lithium processing plant in Goromonzi owned by Shengxiang Investment is progressing well, with the first phase having been completed. Equipment for the first phase worth US$15 million has already been installed and will have a capacity to process…
Deputy Minister of Mines and Mining Development Dr Polite Kambamura (third from left) during the tour at Karo Mine By Dickson Bandera Zimbabwe Platinum Mines (Zimplats), might be the biggest platinum mine in Zimbabwe, but the works at Karo Platinum – a new mine just some few kilometres north of Zimplats – indicate that Zimbabwe…
Deputy Minister of Mines Hon. Kambamura (centre in red safety helmet) discusses the impressive progress made by Mimosa with company representatives. By Edward Makuzva In a recent visit to Mimosa Mining Company in Zvishavane, Deputy Minister of Mines, Honorable Polite Kambamura, lauded the company’s plant optimization project for its potential to enhance efficiency and profitability….
Miners at Pickstone Peerless Mine embarking on their underground operations By Edward Makuzva Pickstone Peerless Mine, located southwest of Harare, has emerged as a pioneering force in the underground mining sector in Zimbabwe. With a history rooted in scattered pits and intermittent production, the mine is now undergoing a significant transition from open pit mining…
Three Engineers In One Picture: Deputy Minister of Mines and Mining Development Honourable Dr Eng Polite Kambamura (centre) is flanked by Engineer Madowe (left) and Engineer Munodawafa (right) just before getting into the underground section of Pickstone Peerless Mine, in Chegutu, Mashonaland West. By Dickson Bandera A mining agreement known as “The Rudd Concession” signed…