THE government has called on miners to adopt sustainable mining practices and strengthen environmental protection measures, warning that investors are turning away from projects that fail to meet environmental standards. Speaking at a recent mining conference, minister of Mines, Polite Kambamura, highlighted that protecting the environment is now a basic requirement for staying in business.…
THE government has called on miners to adopt sustainable mining practices and strengthen environmental protection measures, warning that investors are turning away from projects that fail to meet environmental standards. Speaking at a recent mining conference, minister of Mines, Polite Kambamura, highlighted that protecting the environment is now a basic requirement for staying in business.…
THE Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX) expects to secure four new listings during the second half of this year, signalling strong investor confidence in the market. The exchange has increasingly gained traction as an offshore investment centre over the past three years by attracting both local and foreign listings despite a slow start following its…
ALTHOUGH miners remain upbeat about their sector’s long-term prospects, they warn that operational capacity is continuing to be constrained by power shortages, high operating costs and limited access to capital. Speaking during last week’s well-attended Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe (CoMZ) annual conference in Victoria Falls, the miners also said prevailing domestic structural bottlenecks required…
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has called on the mining sector to become co-investors in the country’s road infrastructure, driven by the need to curb road degradation and bridge funding shortfalls. The institution, responsible for the management, maintenance and development of Zimbabwe’s national road network, proposed a collaborative, public-private partnership (PPP) framework designed to…
STANBIC Bank Zimbabwe (Stanbic) arranged financing facilities totalling US$227 million for the country’s mining sector in 2025 to support expansion and boost production. Speaking at the Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe’s 2026 annual conference in Victoria Falls last week, Stanbic chief executive Solomon Nyanhongo said the investments reflect the institution’s commitment and confidence in the…
MINE Entra 2026 is set to showcase the next frontier of industrial innovation and mineral beneficiation as Zimbabwe looks to reshape its extraction model. This comes as the mining sector is entering a defining phase, as pressure mounts to move beyond raw mineral extraction and build integrated value chains that drive industrialisation, job creation, and…
THE Ministry of Mines will launch a nationwide airborne geophysical survey to map mineral reserves, noting that Zimbabwe remains significantly under-explored by modern international standards. The geological map is critical…
ZIMPLATS says it has injected more than US$2,6 billion into its operations since 2001, anchoring a multi-phase capital deployment strategy aimed at building a fully integrated, world-class mining enterprise. The platinum group metals (PGM) producer said its capital commitment started with a foundation phase between 2001 and 2005 that established open-pit mining and initiated the…
ZIMBABWE has formally initiated the process of joining the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to unlock fresh multilateral funding for its domestic infrastructure agenda. Finance minister, Mthuli Ncube, met with AIIB president Jiayi Zou and the bank’s senior management team during a high-level strategic engagement at the AIIB headquarters in Beijing following the country’s formal…
UNKI Mine says it plans to scale up its solar power capacity to 25 megawatts (MW) in the near term as part of a broader push to secure its electricity supply and drive its decarbonisation agenda. The platinum miner is currently working toward the completion of an initial 10MW solar facility, which is on track…
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