5+ hour, 2+ min ago  (317+ words) The government has warned it will repossess dormant coal concessions, saying Zimbabwe can't afford to have strategic coal resources sitting idle while demand for reliable baseload power keeps rising. Mines and Mining Development Minister Polite Kambamura made the latest warning,…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago  (386+ words) Lithium miners in Zimbabwe have asked the government to extend the January 2027 ban on exports of lithium concentrate, saying most companies are still building the processing plants required under the country's beneficiation policy. Speaking at the Chamber of Mines of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (314+ words) China has handed over 300 boreholes to Zimbabwe, providing clean and reliable water to more than 75, 000 people across the country, according to the People's Daily. The China-funded borehole drilling project, which was launched in 2024, covered 300 villages in four provinces and forms…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (154+ words) The Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage, Raphael Faranisi, says no mining or blasting should take place at cultural heritage sites anywhere in the country. Faranisi was giving oral evidence to the joint Parliamentary Portfolio…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (168+ words) Bikita Minerals (Private) Limited has confirmed the deaths of two employees of independent contractors working at its operations. In the first incident, Thomas Kaliveni, 40, a dump truck operator employed by WGB Kinsey & Company, died on 6 June 2026 at about 7: 45 pm. The…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (408+ words) The Government has stepped up efforts to end the use of mercury in artisanal and small-scale gold mining. Officials are collecting baseline data and carrying out technical assessments of safer gold processing technologies in Mashonaland Central Province. This week, officials…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (242+ words) The chairperson of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Caston Matewu, has described the crumbling Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Ziscosteel) as a "dead asset" that cannot be revived. He urged policymakers to stop trying to bring the plant back and…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (380+ words) Bikita Minerals, a subsidiary of Sinomine Resource Group, has resumed lithium concentrate exports after securing an export licence from the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development. The licence was granted under the country's new lithium export framework. In a statement,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (282+ words) Caledonia Mining Corporation has allocated US$3. 8 million to accelerate exploration at its Motapa gold project in Zimbabwe this year. The investment is part of a broader US$162. 5 million capital expenditure programme that also supports the development of the Bilboes project,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (441+ words) The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) said gold reserves now stand at 4. 48 tonnes. The figure was announced during President Emmerson Mnangagwa's visit to the central bank on Monday, 11 May, to inspect the country's current holdings. Mnangagwa was accompanied by ZANU-PF…...