Indigenous communities in Zimbabwe struggle to …
LOCADIA MAVHUDZI | 08 August 2021. Mining Gold Environmental damage Environmental justice Water Indigenous. Chinese-owned mining operations in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe continue to defy …
Why Zimbabwe has banned the export of raw lithium
Zimbabwe has prohibited the export of raw lithium from its mines so it can cash in on value addition and stop losing billions of dollars in mineral proceeds to foreign companies. The ministry of ...
Zimbabwe: Chinese mining firms accused of environmental …
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.
Illegal diamond mining in Zimbabwe | openDemocracy
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 ...
Urgently reform the law to effect ban on mining in …
Zimbabwe's Parks and Wildlife Estate covers about 12,5% of Zimbabwe surface area. Besides being home to wildlife resources, some parts of Zimbabwe's Parks and Wildlife Estate are endowed with rich mineral deposits that include gold and coal and this is what has attracted and resulted in both legal and illegal mining.
(PDF) Development or destruction? Impacts of mining on
Zimbabwe's mining sector in general (Magidi, 2018) and gold mining (Saunders, 2008). Several major gold mines, which included Connemara, Eureka and Venice Mines, were thus forced to close ...
Pandemic spurs illegal gold rush in Zimbabwe mountains …
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 ...
Locals slam Zimbabwe for turning a blind eye to …
Mining workers and villagers near the Bikita Minerals lithium mine in Zimbabwe accuse the government and Chinese mining company Sinomine Resource Group of sidelining environmental and social standards in the scramble for lithium.
Zimbabwe: Mining operations by Chinese companies Jinding Mining …
"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.
News in depth: Chinese scramble for Zim's chrome
Offenders range from local small-scale miners contracted by Chinese middlemen to the country's ferrochrome giants — Zimbabwe Mining and Alloy Smelting Company (Zimasco) and ZimAlloys.
Homes, land destroyed as desperate Zimbabweans turn to illegal gold mining
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.
Arrests and attacks: tracking China's illegal mining in African
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 …
Zimbabwe: A new focus for lithium mining
Lithium mining in Zimbabwe. According to the World Economic Forum, 540 000 metric tonnes of lithium were mined globally in 2021. This is expected to increase to 1.5m metric tonnes and 3m metric ...
Zimbabwe: A Gold Mining Boom Amid Rapid Agrarian Change
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 …
A fight over Chinese-mined lithium in Zimbabwe is causing …
A PROTRACTED lithium mining dispute between Chinese investors and a Zimbabwean government-owned corporation has led to a contentious High Court verdict …
Crackdown on illegal mining has unforeseen consequences
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 ...
Chinese Continue Mining Black Granite in Mutoko, Zimbabwe…
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 Chinese-owned mining companies such as Shanghai Haoyuan, Jinding Mining and Bozimo are causing unease among …
Chinese dominance in Zimbabwe's lithium mines: Potential …
In March 2023, China Natural Resources entered into an agreement to acquire US-based Williams Minerals (Pvt) Ltd which owns lithium mining rights in …
NGO launches study on Chinese mining impact on local …
There has been an influx of Chinese investments in the mining sector, resulting in growing conflicts between Chinese firms and local communities whose …
Illegal mining in Democratic Republic of Congo: Greenpeace Africa …
August 11, 2021, Kinshasa – Greenpeace Africa supports the demand by a group of 205 local NGOs to cancel the mining permit of the Chinese firm Kimia Mining located within the Okapi Wildlife Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. "Following the false comfort last month of seeing Salonga National Park removed from the list of World Heritage in …
(PDF) Artisanal Gold Mining and Farming: Livelihood
Although illegal under Zimbabwe ' s colonial era mining laws, which still structure present-day mining policies (Dube et al., 2016 ; Spiegel, 2015 ), ASGM has become an increasingly widespread ...
A fight about Chinese-mined lithium in Zimbabwe is …
Chinese lithium miners have in the past two years invested over R19 billion in setting up in Zimbabwe. A court dispute blocks a Chinese lithium miner from processing lithium ore worth R285 million. All mines registered after 2003 could be deemed illegal if a controversial High Court judgment is upheld. A protracted lithium mining dispute ...
A call to halt destructive, illegal mining in Zimbabwe
Amidst the socio-economic meltdown in Zimbabwe, increased illegal mining activities on recently discovered diamond and gold deposits have given local people a source of livelihood.
ZLHR Rescues Beleaguered Villagers as Court Stops Illegal Chinese
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 Judgmore …
ZLHR rescues beleaguered villagers as court stops illegal Chinese …
ZLHR rescues beleaguered villagers as court stops illegal Chinese mining operations. The villagers led by George Makanjera and Judgmore Chibanda filed an. urgent chamber application on 30 June ...
A Chinese mining company has opened a giant …
1 of 11 |. People are seen on the grounds of Prospect Lithium Zimbabwe's processing plant in Goromonzi about 80 kilometers southeast of the capital Harare, Wednesday, July 5 2023. A Chinese mining …
Arrests and attacks: tracking China's illegal mining in African
China has been accused of operating illegal mining activities and funding militant groups, disrupting the otherwise stable bond built on mining investment. Is …
Chinese Mines in DRC, Zimbabwe Accused of Violating …
Researchers at the nongovernmental organization Business & Human Rights Resource Centre recorded 102 violations of human rights and environmental laws at 39 …
Zanu PF bigwigs linked to Chinese mining violations
The study "Purses and Curses: Impact of Chinese Mining on Local Communities in Zimbabwe" unpacks how some elements of Chinese US$ 2,7 billion Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) have exacerbated ...
Socio-economic Impacts of China's Mining Investments in Zimbabwe
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 …