In Zimbabwe, Chinese-owned firms have recently come under fire for flagrant abuses of mining worker safety standards as well as human rights. According to Africa Daily, the recent incident of mistreatment by the Chinese mine owner has once again brought attention to the abuse of locals and unethical tactics used by Chinese employers …
Overall, the IDT study sheds light on the alarming violations and abuses occurring in Chinese mining operations in Zimbabwe, with the involvement of Zanu PF officials. It calls for the enforcement ...
Zimbabwe's Chamber of Mines 2022 state of mining report projected significant growth in the diamond, coal, and chrome subsectors, with PGM continuing to lead the sector. The Chamber of Mines reported gold output reached an all-time high of 37.3 tons in 2022, up from 31.5 tons in 2021, and projected to increase to 42 tons in 2023.
A report by Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA), argues that the escalation of the gold mining problems at Umfurudzi Park are in part, also a consequence Madziva mine, a nickel mine in ...
Zimbabwe's gold-mining sector accounts for about 40% of the country's mineral output, according to the Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF), an umbrella body of gold miners' associations.
Zimbabwe's gold-mining sector accounts for about 40% of the country's mineral output, according to the Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF), an umbrella body of gold miners' associations. That makes gold second only to tobacco in the amount of foreign currency it brings into Zimbabwe, said Dosman Mangisi, a ZMF spokesman.
MUTOKO, Zimbabwe, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) — A recent story published by The Guardian alleged that Chinese companies involved in granite mining in Zimbabwe have aroused …
According to a recent ZELA report, Chinese-owned companies have acquired the biggest portfolio of lithium mining projects in Zimbabwe. Some notable …
Also last year, Chengxin Lithium Group spent US$77 million on a deal including mining rights in the largely unexplored Sabi Star lithium-tantalum mine project in eastern Zimbabwe, described by the ...
London-listed Premier African Minerals, opens new tab says it will start shipping spodumene concentrate from its Zimbabwe lithium mine to China from March 2023, after signing an offtake deal with ...
In July, Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested 13 Chinese workers. Authorities alleged that the miners from W Mining Global Service were involved in illegal mining activities in the Kwara state, in the western part of the country. The suspects were arrested for illegal mining and non-payment of royalties …
Inside Zimbabwe's illicit gold mining trade. The Ministry of Finance says it has been losing about $1.8bn of mineral revenues; especially from gold smuggling. Kazembe Kazembe, the Minister of Home Affairs, said Zimbabwe has been losing some $100m worth of gold every month through international smuggling rings and the country's …
"They want to remove us and take the rock', say Zimbabweans living near Chinese-owned mines", 7 January 2022. Every day more than 60 trucks take granite for export along this rugged road through Nyamakope village in the district of Mutoko, 90 miles east of Zimbabwe's capital, Harare.
The MMMD oversees the Zimbabwe Geological Survey and the Zimbabwe Government Mining Engineer and in regulating the mining sector, the MMMD works closely with the ZRP, in particular the minerals and border control unit in relation to smuggling. When an illegal mine is located, due to safety concerns, the ZRP minerals and border control unit …
40.52. Wednesday, 13 March 2024. THE increase in illegal gold mining activities is becoming a threat to the country's infrastructure and environment that could affect the socio-economic development. Land degradation is said to have increased during the national lockdown period as little focus has been given to environmental issues.
Residents of Zimbabwe's Mutoko district are speaking up about human rights violations by Chinese companies mining black granite in the region. Conflicts between communities in Mutoko, Zimbabwe and …
3 November 2011. Illegal diamond mining in the rich diamond area of Marange in Zimbabwe is more widespread than has been previously reported, my two-month long investigation has revealed. Despite ...
A ZIMBABWEAN court on Wednesday 26 July 2023 stopped Labenmon Investments, a Chinese mining company, from conducting illegal mining operations on ancestral land belonging to some Mutoko villagers in Mashonaland East province, following an outcry by the dwellers.
Residents of Zimbabwe's Mutoko district are speaking up about human rights violations by Chinese companies mining black granite in the region. Conflicts between communities in Mutoko, Zimbabwe and …
Tensions swelled in late June when the Chinese manager of a mining company in central Zimbabwe shot two local employees in a wage dispute. Video of the shooting prompted a national uproar, and the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association called it "part of a systematic and widespread pattern of labor rights violations by …
Mining Laws and Regulations Zimbabwe 2024. ICLG - Mining Laws and Regulations - Zimbabwe Chapter covers common issues in mining laws and regulations – including the acquisition of rights, ownership requirements and restrictions, processing, transfer and encumbrance, environmental aspects, native title and land rights. Published: …
HARARE, Dec 22 (Reuters) - China's Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt (603799.SS) said on Wednesday it would pay a total $422 million to acquire the Arcadia hard-rock lithium mine in Zimbabwe. The move marks ...
The magistrate, has ordered Noye to provide documentary evidence of the death and cremation of two of the Chinese nationals at the next court session, scheduled for April …
A controversial police crackdown on illegal mining late last year, followed by an environmental rehabilitation project in which small-scale farmers in central Zimbabwe were forced to participate, has left them struggling to find their feet and adversely affected food security. Police arrested more than 20,000 "illegal miners" across the country ...
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The Chinese mining company operating in Premier estates, northern Zimbabawe where 10 illegal miners were allegedly buried alive says it has halted search …
Mining Zimbabwe Magazine Issue 70 (AMMZ AGM 2023) Environmental groups in the north of Myanmar say a surge of illegal mining for rare earths has occurred in Kachin State close to the Chinese border since the coup on February 1. Activists have complained about a rapid influx of Chinese workers since the country's political turmoil …
Surge of Chinese investors into Zim. November 2, 2023 Staff Reporter Business 0. People are seen on the grounds of Prospect Lithium Zimbabwe's processing plant in Goromonzi about 80 kilometers ...
July 26, 2023. 517. 0. A ZIMBABWEAN court on Wednesday 26 July 2023 stopped Labenmon Investments, a Chinese mining company, from conducting illegal mining operations on ancestral land belonging to some Mutoko villagers in Mashonaland East province, following an outcry by the dwellers. The villagers led by George Makanjera and …
The Chinese embassy in Zimbabwe has repeatedly said that whilst the Chinese government, in accordance with its laws and regulations, protects the legitimate rights and interests of overseas Chinese enterprises and citizens it always requires the enterprises to abide by the laws and regulations of the host countries and respect local customs.
In Zimbabwe, illegal mining is now rampant in Mt Darwin (Mushanawani, 2019). Mount Darwin is in Mashonaland Central Province in Zimbabwe. It is located approximately 160 kilometres (99 mi), by road, northeast of Harare, the capital and largest city in that country. According to Mushanawani (2019) rivers such as Metangua and …
As Zimbabwe experiences its worst economic crisis in a decade, with crippling hyperinflation and unemployment, young people are venturing into illegal gold mining in a bid to earn a living. Gold ...
According to a recent ZELA report, Chinese-owned companies have acquired the biggest portfolio of lithium mining projects in Zimbabwe. Some notable Chinese acquisitions include Arcadia Lithium Project acquired by Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt for US$ 422 million from Prospect Resources in 2021 and Bikita Lithium Mine acquired …
Zimbabwe earned $209 million from lithium exports in the first nine months of 2023, nearly treble last year's earnings, Mines Minister Zhemu Soda said on Wednesday, as Chinese-driven mining and ...
The history of gold mining and processing in Zimbabwe predates the colonial occupation by Cecil John Rhodes' British South Africa Company (BSAC) in 1890 (Kritzinger 2012a, b; Phimister 1974; Beach 1988).The BSAC was an entity put together by Rhodes in the late nineteenth century in order to expand his gold mining monopoly from …
Zimbabwe's mining profile differs from many other countries in Africa, such as South Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and Ghana, that tend to rely on a much smaller range of minerals and fewer large-scale mines (Weng et al. 2018; Kaseke et al. 2015). As indicated, Chinese mining conglomerates have been venturing …
Maguwu told The Epoch Times that some Chinese companies don't even have proper licenses to operate in Zimbabwe. And as such, these companies are leaving trails of immense environmental degradation across the country, particularly those in extractive sectors such as gold, diamond, and chrome mining.