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A report has just been published which deals with the impact of the global financial crisis on the mining sector in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC).The Impact of the global financial crisis on eight SADC countries gives a d...
Harare — With half her body immersed in a muddy red pond, Esther Nyarambi closely inspects the contents of her wooden panning dish, locally known as zamba. Having spent the entire day pounding gold-bearing rock, she hopes her efforts will be rewarded...
Masvingo — Hundreds of "fortune seekers" have invaded Zouma resettlement area in Gutu following the rediscovery of alluvial gold at a disused mine -- raising fears of massive land degradation and proliferation of illegal panning.
Fears abound t...
Johannesburg — WITH the pleasantries now over, the real tactical game can begin. Xstrata has written a nice letter to Anglo American's management, which it has graciously allowed the public to view. Anglo has dropped it casually in the bin. With the ...
Harare — THE Kimberley Process says there is no proof of alleged human rights violations at the Marange diamond fields in Zimbabwe and is today sending a team to assess the matter, the chairperson of the scheme, Mr Bernard Esau told reporters in Nami...
THE Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) today begins a review mission to Zimbabwe amidst calls from international organisations to ensure that trade in diamonds is not being done at the expense of human rights.
Johannesburg — GOLD miner Simmer & Jack would be a welcome bidder for Pamodzi Gold 's Orkney Mine in North West if it put in a reasonable offer, Orkney provisional liquidator Enver Motala said on Friday.
The liquidators issued a joint statement...
Luanda — The governments of Angola and Russia on Friday signed six agreements in the domains of aviation, investments, higher education, mineral resources and telecommunications, during the visit of Russian President Dimitri Medevdev.
In the pr...
They might end up as costly baubles on sale in shops around the world. But for some diamonds mined in Zimbabwe, the journey begins in massive illegal pit mines where men, women, and children are forced to work long days under the brutal authority of go...
FOUR former Copperbelt administration accounts officers yesterday pleaded not guilty in a Ndola magistrate's court to 21 charges of theft by public servant and three counts of money laundering.
The four are also facing more than 50 other counts o...
CHINA Non-Ferrous Metal Mining Company (CNFC) group chairperson Tau Xinyhu has said his company is determined to transform Luanshya Copper Mines (LCM) into a sustainable and profitable entity.
Mr Tau said in Luanshya yesterday that CNCF would ens...
Johannesburg — Zimbabwe's armed forces are engaging in the forced labor of children and adults, and are torturing and beating local villagers on the diamond fields of Marange district in eastern Zimbabwe, Human Rights Watch said in a report released ...
Debswana is "very optimistic" about recovery on the diamond market and hopes the improvement in sales recorded recently will last.
Speaking this week as the company celebrated its 40th anniversary, the parastatal's Group Public and Corporate Affa...
Luanda — The Ministry of Geology and Mining will carry out in the next five years a study in the whole country, to find about the potential of the national territory in terms of mineral resources, in the ambit of the National Plan on Geology, which w...
ZIMBABWE'S diamond trade will no doubt feature high on the agenda of the three-day Intersessional Meeting of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS), which began yesterday, with the opening remarks of chairperson Bernard Esau setting the tone...
Deputy Mining Minister Murisi Zwizwai has denied there were any killings in the eastern Marange diamond fields last year, telling a meeting of the Kimberley Process in Namibia on Wednesday that claims were a result of 'unsubstantiated reports'.
STAKEHOLDERS in the mining industry have condemned Patriotic Front Roan Member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili's calls for protests over the delayed re-opening of Luanshya Copper Mines.
The Chamber of Mines in Zambia (CMZ), Mineworkers Union of ...
Luanda — Angolan cabinet council approved this Wednesday the national plans of geology and humans resources development of the Geologic Institute.
During the meeting, government approved the strategic development plan of the Angolan Geologic In...
Johannesburg — IT DIDN'T take long for Anglo American to rebuff Xstrata's proposed "merger of equals". The 91-year-old Anglo made it quite clear it didn't see seven-year-old Xstrata as an equal at all: its market value might be roughly similar to Ang...
Johannesburg — The credibility of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) - an initiative to prevent confl...
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