RSS 2.0 FeedEldore eyes Zimbabwean gold mine
Fri, Feb 03, 2012
PERTH (miningweekly.com) - Gold explorer Eldore Mining has signed an agreement to acquire the Lonely gold mine, in Zimbabwe, for $4.4-million.
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SADC power delegation to visit Zimbabwe this week
Tue, Jan 31, 2012
Harare, Zimbabwe --- ESI-AFRICA.COM --- A 30-member delegation from the Southern African Development Community’s (SADC’s) Directorate of Infrastructure and Services will be visiting Zimbabwe this week to discuss the possibilities for future co-operation in the energy field.
Zimbabwe mine licence fees set to soar - state media
Wed, Jan 25, 2012
Zimbabwe is set to raise registration fees for platinum mines to $2.5 million from the $300 it currently costs to discourage the holding of claims for speculative purposes, state media reported on Wednesday.
ZIMBABWE: Diamond sales to fund student grants
Sun, Jan 15, 2012
The Zimbabwean government has relaunched student grants, to be financed from diamond sales, in an effort to resuscitate the tertiary sector. Companies have also pulled resources together to come up with student loans. The country's 2012 national budget has been lauded by lawmakers for prioritising higher education.
Gold rush linked to prophecy
Sat, Jan 14, 2012
KWEKWE As tales surrounding the discovery of alluvial gold in Kwekwe continue to unfold, reports have emerged the deposits were discovered by a leader of an apostolic sect through a vision.
Lowveld farm seizure cases go to court Monday
Fri, Jan 13, 2012
A group of commercial farmers whose properties in Zimbabwe were confiscated are due to appear in Chiredzi Magistrates' Court on Monday, facing the criminal charge of "illegally occupying State Land without a permit”.
Alexander Rusero :Chiadzwa diamonds: So near yet so far
Mon, Jan 09, 2012
HARARE - Paragons of corruption and merchants of doom have nothing left to be ashamed of for they are now definitely convinced that time for their ill-gotten riches is nearing its end and for that reason are now determined to mercilessly exhaust remnants of Zimbabwe’s wealth leaving little amounts of wealth for future generations. A lot of political oratory has been uttered concerning
Zimbabwe’s diamonds are very welcome in India
Tue, Jan 03, 2012
Last fortnight, many supporters of the Oppenheimers’ diamond empire were in a flap. The Indian government had finally decided to clear trade in diamonds with Zimbabwe.
Beitbridge diamonds not real
Mon, Jan 02, 2012
Tests have shown that stones which sparked a rush in Beitbridge recently were not diamonds but aquamarine stones, a Government minister has said.
New year new beginnings, Zesa comes up with an 'accurate' billing system
Mon, Jan 02, 2012
Zesa Holdings has completed upgrading its billing system under an initiative aimed at ensuring electricity customers receive accurate bills.
Zimbabwe says no immediate raw platinum export ban
Wed, Dec 28, 2011
Zimbabwe is considering a ban on raw platinum exports in a bid to force miners to set up refineries in the country, but this move will not take place "overnight", a government official said on Wednesday.
Zimbabwe diamond miners short changed
Wed, Dec 28, 2011
Arda Transau - They used to live on one of the world's richest diamond fields, but now thousands of Zimbabweans await compensation after they had to make way for state-linked mining companies this year.
US trade group bans Zimbabwe's Marange diamonds
Fri, Dec 23, 2011
The Rapaport Group of diamond traders on Thursday said it would boycott diamonds from Zimbabwe's Marange field, which has been widely associated with human rights abuses.
