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Jun 04, 2021 TINASHE KAIRIZA GOVERNMENT has seized 77 chrome mining claims along the Great Dyke from locals and handed them over to Chinese mining firm, Afrochine Smelting (Afrochine), in a murky deal which has riled the original claim owners, investigations show. Documents obtained by the Zimbabwe Independent this week, indicate that a total of 77 special mining
Dec 11, 2020 MMCZ mulls fresh deal for chrome miners. By. The Zimbabwe Independent. -. December 11, 2020. THE Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) is considering a raft of measures to improve payments to particularly small-scale chrome
Chrome mining in Zimbabwe is mainly concentrated on the Great Dyke and it is estimated that the Dyke hosts about 10 billion tones of unproven reserves. Most of the chrome claims are located in Mutorashanga, Chegutu, Kadoma, Kwekwe and Lalapanzi. Despite the huge
African Chrome Fields is focused primarily on the alluvial mining of chromite for the special alloy and stainless steel industries. African Chrome Fields currently holds hundreds of alluvial chrome mining concessions over an area of 20 km2 in the Great Dyke region of Mashonaland and Midlands provinces of Central Zimbabwe.
ZIMASCO HISTORY OF CHROME MINING •Claims pegged at Peak in 1904, Railway Block in 1905, Mutorashanga in 1917 •Ore first railed 1906 from Peak Mine and exported 1907 •1906 –1965 Ore was exported as raw chrome •1965 –Furnace 1 acquired from Windsor Chrome •1984 –Furnace 6 commissioned. Early History •Podiforms supplied 41,000
Aug 08, 2020 In its latest mining sector and communities situational report, the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (Zela) said small-scale chrome producers were facing challenges to access markets for their chrome. ZIMBABWE’S small-scale chrome miners are stuck with tonnes of ore which they are failing to sell to the international markets following the closure of borders due
Sep 25, 2020 Zimbabwe’s failure to formalize and “technocratize” Chrome buying and exporting has led to the exploitation of local miners by buyers who bargain predatorily leaving the miner with very low returns that will not sustain mining development or growth experts have said. Rudairo Dickson Mapuranga Zimbabwe has the world’s second-largest chromium reserves after South Africa, with
Radarock is a Zimbabwean mining company capable of exporting 3000MT per month lumpy chrome ore grade Cr2O3 40%-48% sizes 10-300mm. Guiding price US$220.00/MT ex Maputo Mozambique. All sales done on cash basis to serious buyers.
Sep 11, 2018 Zimbabwe replaces chrome mining ban with tighter regulations. The Zimbabwean Ministry of Mines and Mining Development has removed a two-week ban on chrome mining in the central Midlands province, on the condition that chrome mining operations adhere to new regulations. The ministry removed the two-week ban and introduced new regulations for
May 02, 2020 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
African Chrome Fields is focused primarily on the alluvial mining of chromite for the special alloy and stainless steel industries. African Chrome Fields currently holds hundreds of alluvial chrome mining concessions over an area of 20 km2 in the Great Dyke region of Mashonaland and Midlands provinces of Central Zimbabwe.
The Government of Zimbabwe introduced a policy of mineral beneficiation in the chrome mining sector in April 2011 and the policy resulted in total ban of all raw chrome exports. The objective of the policy was to allow the government to rationalize mining activities
Jul 02, 2013 Chrome mining in Zimbabwe is mainly concentrated on the Great Dyke and it is estimated that the Dyke hosts about 10 billion tones of unproven reserves. Most of the chrome
Radarock is a Zimbabwean mining company capable of exporting 3000MT per month lumpy chrome ore grade Cr2O3 40%-48% sizes 10-300mm. Guiding price US$220.00/MT ex Maputo Mozambique. All sales done on cash basis to serious buyers.
Nov 08, 2017 “The future of chrome mining in Zimbabwe is in the developing of underground operations,” Munodawafa told the record number of 260 delegates from many parts of the world.
Nov 08, 2017 “The future of chrome mining in Zimbabwe is in the developing of underground operations,” Munodawafa told the record number of 260 delegates from many parts of the world.
Mar 01, 2017 Zimbabwe Today is an independent online newspaper that showcases all the news from Zimbabwe by Zimbabweans for Zimbabweans across the world. In the spirit of building a new Zimbabwe, we promote and support free speech, hence all the news you will read at Zimbabwe Today is uncensored, unbiased and uncontrolled.
Oct 18, 2019 Zimbabwe Independent (Harare) was necessitated by the challenges facing the chrome miner's operations in Zimbabwe and the recent scaling down by the company in terms of production and
Jun 11, 2021 BY FREEMAN MAKOPA/FIDELITY MHLANGA ZIMBABWE’S mining industry suffered huge setbacks during the first quarter of this year, with mineral output falling across sub-sectors after being hamstrung by escalating power blackouts, the Covid-19 scourge, capital shortages and flooding in gold mines, official data indicated this week. In a review of economic trends for the three months []
Tharisa Invests in Zimbabwe‘s Budding Chrome Sector South African miner Tharisa is hoping its early investment in Zimbabwe’s burgeoning underground chrome-mining sector will May 17th, 2018
Jan 11, 2013 THE Zimbabwean government is expected to lift the ban on chrome ore exports in April, exactly a year after it was reinstated following protracted negotiations with industry stakeholders, the
Sep 11, 2018 Zimbabwe replaces chrome mining ban with tighter regulations. The Zimbabwean Ministry of Mines and Mining Development has removed a two-week ban on chrome mining in the central Midlands province, on the condition that chrome mining operations adhere to new regulations. The ministry removed the two-week ban and introduced new regulations for
May 02, 2020 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
In Zimbabwe chrome occurs in two distinct geological features; 1. Great Dyke, and 2. Greenstone belts. Zimbabwe hosts over 80% (est.) of the world’s Ferrochrome Smelting in Zimbabwe resources of metallurgical grade chromite, mainly on the Great Dyke (11 narrow seams stratiform) Great Dyke approx. 550 km long and 11 km wide.
Chrome also occurs as elluvial deposits in the greenstone areas, Giant crystals of up to 1.5m have been found on the dyke. Chrome is mainly used stainless steel production, as a metal coat, in the chemical industry and in metallurgical processes. COAL. Zimbabwe has vast high grade coal deposits occurring as fossilized carbon.
expanded its operations to Zimbabwe. The Company has concluded the acquisition of Waylox Mining (Private) Limited, a chrome mining company operating in Zimbabwe with a 683Ha land position in the prospective Darwandale area and signed a binding Heads of Agreement acquiring 49% of Falvect Mining (Private) Limited in Zimbabwe. Felicity Edwards
Apr 01, 2016 CHINESE chrome miners bypassed mining regulations after it emerged that six out of seven mining 1 April 1, 2016 2:28 PM via as Chinese bypassed chrome mining rules The Zimbabwe Independent April 1, 2016. CHINESE chrome miners bypassed mining regulations after it emerged that six out of seven mining companies were operating without
May 05, 2021 Tharisa acquires Zimbabwe chrome deposit. PGM producer Tharisa has acquired a 100% holding in a development stage chrome asset in Zimbabwe for US$3 million cash in a bid to diversify into new
Apr 09, 2021 A sharp increase in the price of chrome ore in international markets, especially in China, has sparked a huge demand for chrome mining concessions in Zimbabwe, the Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) said this week. Chrome is an important base metal mainly used in the stainless-steel industry. China is the world’s biggest consumer of chrome.
African Chrome Fields has partnered with industry leaders in financing and commissioning plants, transporting and marketing its product worldwide. These include: Sakunda Holdings. A Zimbabwean private enterprise, involved in a wide variety of industries in Zimbabwe. Sakunda Holdings is in partnership with the Moti Group in various Zimbabwean
Dec 01, 2020 “The issue of open pits is a common trend that has characterised chrome mining in Zvishavane district. In most cases, the host mining communities feel powerless to
lifted a ban on chrome exports that had been in place since 2011 and eliminated a 20 percent export tax to help the sector. The original intent of the prior ban was to increase the smelting of chrome ore into ferrochrome in Zimbabwe. Instead chrome stockpiles grew because of the lack of smelting capacity, high production costs and power shortages.
Apr 17, 2020 By Business Reporter Thursday 16 April 2020. HARARE (Mining Index) INDIGENOUS chrome miners across the great dyke have expressed concern over delays in implementation of the Chrome Development Policy, one year on after government announced the framework would be ready by July last year.Currently, Zimbabwe does not have a chrome policy which targets the growth of chrome
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Mar 31, 2021 Salene Chrome was awarded a number of special grants in May 2018 on the eastern side of the Great Dyke of Zimbabwe ('Salene Chrome East'), allowing for the mining of various minerals. Salene Chrome subsequently had also applied for, and was granted a number of licenses to the western side of the Great Dyke ('Salene Chrome West').
STAFF WRITER • 23 February 2018 HARARE Zimbabwe hosts a key mining conference next week in a bid to attract new foreign investors into the market Read More 1 2 10 / 13 POSTS
Sep 08, 2020 In 2019, South Africa supplied 12.5 Mt of chrome ore to China around 80% of all Chinese ore imports. The development of social distancing measures also resulted in disruptions to mining in South Africa enforced care and maintenance for mines and consequently limiting the supply of material to China.
Nov 10, 2017 Informed sources told the Zimbabwe Independent this week that prior to firing Mnangagwa, Mugabe held a meeting with senior Zanu PF officials at State House to discuss his fate. Mnangagwa contacted his business associates at the Moti Group in South Africa who have interests in chrome mining locally. Apart from mining, the group is also into