The Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF), an umbrella board representing small-scale miners, recently elected a new leadership led by the former Zimbabwe Football Association administrator, Henrietta Rushwaya. NewsDay (ND) business reporter Mthandazo Nyoni caught up with ZMF’s newly-elected secretary-general Lindi Mpofu (LM) to discuss issues affecting the sector
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THERE are plenty opportunities available in Zimbabwe’s mining sector that could be exploited by both local and foreign investors. Zimbabwe has about 60 mineral occurrences, the major ones being diamond, platinum, gold, nickel, lithium, chrome ore, iron ore, tantalite, asbestos, coal, granite,
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THE Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) has called on Government to deal ruthlessly with middlemen, accusing them of manipulating chrome prices thereby short-changing small scale producers. A senior official at ZMF, the umbrella body of all small scale miners in the country, Mr
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According to the new RBZ Exchange Control Regulations: Nostros Transitionary Accounts which received funding from Export Proceeds can only send payments to Exports Nostros Accounts when buying chrome from a Producer / miner regardless of whether the person or group is registered
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The Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) says there is need to engage the Ministry of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development to discuss issues affecting women in mining. In an interview on Monday, ZMF vice president Lindiwe Mpofu said there were
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A complex syndicate involving some Chinese nationals and senior government officials is at the centre of chrome smuggling in Zimbabwe through under declaration of volumes, which have prejudiced the state of millions of dollars in taxes and mining fees. Chrome is one
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Gibson Mhaka, Senior Features Reporter THE local mining industry is relatively diversified in terms of minerals produced, the key ones being gold, platinum and associated minerals being diamonds, nickel, coal and chromite. Studies have however shown that chrome miners in Zimbabwe continue to
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ZIMBABWE Miners Federation (ZMF) general council has endorsed the newly elected executive following a special meeting held to clarify on the legality of the previous executive who had argued their term of office would expire in 2019. On 28 September 2018, the
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SMALL scale chrome miners have urged the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) to align its pricing system with global trends. Miners in the sector have singled out pricing by MMCZ as a major undoing to their operations. Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF)
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Ishemunyoro Chingwere Business Reporter The Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ), is pushing for location based pricing mechanism for chrome that will see the mineral going for different prices to encourage buyers’ appetite in less accessible areas. Addressing stakeholders in the chrome
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