Small-scale mining in Zimbabwe requires appropriate equipment to ensure efficient and sustainable mineral extraction. The equipment mentioned in this article represents the most popular options employed by Zimbabwean small-scale miners.

Annually producing 100,000mt and grossing approximately USD$90 million a year from our ferroochrome exports, the JIN AN GROUP is the top foreign currency earner in …

Business Correspondent Chrome mining in Zimbabwe has seen significant growth in recent years, spurred by the country's vast chromite deposits and the increasing demand for chrome worldwide. The ...

04| AUG 2021 >> CONTENT Mining Zimbabwe Magazine |August, 2021 05 MANGUDYA: The "Golden Knight" in shining armour 08 Arcadia confirms Rare Earths presence 16 Strides made towards achieving US$12 billion mining industry by 2023 22 Kadoma mines office should be fully Advertising: resourced 27 Mines and …

study adopted a case study approach focusing on three key minerals and mining areas in Zimbabwe covering gold mining in manicaland, chromite mining on the great dyke and …

ZIMBABWE'S mining industry has remained vibrant despite the county's economic challenges, earning the country US$2.2 billion in the first 10 months of the year. Staff Reporter The top six minerals that contributed the bulk of export earnings were gold, platinum, diamonds, chrome, coal and nickel. The industry now accounts for about 65% …

Twenty-sixth post-cabinet press briefing 3rd August 2021. Cabinet received and noted with satisfaction an update on some of the mining initiatives which will help the nation to achieve a US$12 Billion mining industry by 2023, which was presented by the Minister of Mines and Mining Development, Honourable W. Chitando.. The nation is …

The mining industry has of late become the country's largest foreign currency earner with nickel, gold and platinum group of metals leading in fetching the country the much-needed forex.The government through the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development has a vision for the mining industry to earn the country US$12 BILLION …

A local Non-Governmental Law Association, Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association is seeking to carry out a research on the formalisation of the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector. The organisation's motivation to carry out this research emanates from the fact that the artisanal and small- scale mining (ASM) formalization …

Government's ban of chrome fines worsened the situation in relation to the state of the chrome mining sector that was infested by buyers who were milking miners through buying at US$40 per tonne. Zimasco, a major chrome buyer in Zimbabwe, was paying about US$38 a tonne with a component in local currency at the interbank rate.

Compiled by Joshua Machinga and Paul Matshona-Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) Introduction. This blog is a build up from the previous write up which delved deeper on the benefits of formalising the Artisanal and Small scale Mining sector (ASM) in Zimbabwe. This time around, we get to focus on safety and health in the ASM …

Chromite, and by extension chromium, is mined by both large mining companies and small-scale miners in Zimbabwe. Processed chromium has a value of approximately 100 times more than newly-mined chromium. This means that many of the small-scale miners have to excavate large quantities of the product to make a living from chromium mining.

Zimbabwe faces several issues in the chrome value chain. Local miners, particularly small-scale miners, sell their high-grade chrome for much less compared to South African miners. In January 2023, South African chrome ore was priced at around US$281 per tonne, while Zimbabwean miners received just US$70 per tonne.

Transnational corporations dominated chromite mining in Zimbabwe for the entire colonial period. However, the postcolonial period witnessed a gradual but significant shift toward small-scale and artisanal mining as liberalisation led to the informalisation of the mining sector. This chapter examines the impulses in the transformation of the chromite mining …

The small-scale miners use heavy-duty equipment to extract chrome with little regard to infrastructure such as roads and schools...One of the miners, Tonderai …

Small scale Chrome miners have indicated to MMCZ that chrome is the key mineral taking into consideration that Zimbabwe has the second largest chrome …

In an effort to promote the chrome and gemstone Artisanal and Small-scale Miners (ASM) in Zimbabwe, the government will unveil a US$10 million funding scheme to boost production and ensure responsible mining, the Minister of Mines and Mining Development, Hon. Winston Chitando announced.. By Rudairo Mapuranga. Speaking at …

Through its subsidiary Zim Alloys, Kuvimba Mining House (KMH) is reviving its chrome concentrator and washplants across Zimbabwe to boost the country's …

Elluvial concentrates processing contracts are 99% extended to the Chinese operatives who are paid a meagre US$25-35 per ton locally for local high-grade chrome concentrates and who knows what happens to the rest of the proceeds from off-shore.

A CHINESE firm, Livetouch Investments, in partnership with the Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) plans to invest US$2 million is setting-up a gold service centre and purchasing of mining equipment for use by small-scale miners in Matobo District, Matabeleland South Province. Speaking after a familiarisation tour of gold mining …

Chrome, Nickel, and Steel are expected to generate US$1 billion, coal and ... development of the artisanal and small scale mining sector in Zimbabwe. "As a mother body for the ASM sector, we ... mining mobile equipment and the repair of drive train components and engines, (i.e. Repair of Transmissions, Drive shafts, Final ...

Small scale mining equipment is available from renown engineers and suppliers, Appropriate Process Technologies (APT). APT's small scale mining equipment is simple to use, efficient and effective. Options are …

Small-scale miners in Zimbabwe are warming up to the idea of Copper mining after local businessman Shelton Lucas introduced the idea on various mining platforms generating interest from hundreds of miners. ... "Copper is a base mineral like Chrome and Manganese, so the cost of mining it lies within that same range. ... "The …

the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe Act [Chapter 21:04] – regulates the Corporation that is mandated to sell minerals in Zimbabwe; the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation Act [Chapter 21:08] – provides for the establishment, constitution, functions, powers and duties of the Mining Development Board and …

By Business Reporter – Tuesday 3 August 2021. LOCAL – HARARE (Mining Index) – CHINESE companies have been heavily investing in Zimbabwe's chrome mining, with government announcing the availing of approximately 8,483.70ha of land to five Chinese companies intending to establish integrated chrome mining and …

THE troubled chrome mining sector in the country is faced with a bleak future post Covid-19, a trade unionist has said. Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers Union secretary general ...

Small scale mining equipment is available from renown engineers and suppliers, Appropriate Process Technologies (APT). APT's small scale mining equipment is simple to use, efficient and effective. Options are available for the recovery of gold, tin, chrome, tantalite and more.

The Government of Zimbabwe introduced a ban on the exportation of chrome after exporters had failed to acquire technology for the local processing of the mineral. …

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, zinc and silver among others. Research also …

Tarisai Changara, a 45-year-old woman, who left gold panning in Guruve to try her hand at chrome mining in Darwendale, explained the challenges being faced by small scale producers.