Zimbabwe Warned of Mine Closures

The mining sector faces a major challenge following indications that more gold mines may close, citing viability concerns, low investor confidence and a failure to obtain approval for indigenisation plans.
  • Zimbabwe:   Warning of Mine Closures

    Zimbabwe Standard, 8 September 2013

    TORONTO Stock Exchange-listed New Dawn says it might be forced to close its mining operations in Zimbabwe as a result of a fall in gold prices and its failure to obtain approval on… Read more »

Searching for gold in rural Zimbabwe.

  • Zimbabwe:   Dalny Mine Shut Down

    The Herald, 3 September 2013

    CANADIAN-BASED gold miner New Dawn Mining Corporation says its Zimbabwean subsidiary, Falgold, has shut down its Dalny Mine in Kadoma after Zesa Holdings disconnected power… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   900 Workers Sent Home As Mine Shuts Down

    New Zimbabwe, 1 September 2013

    SOME 900 workers at Dalny mine near Kadoma have been sent home on unpaid leave after the gold producer was shut down with its Canada-based parent blaming the lack of progress in… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   More Zim Companies Face Indigenisation Threat

    SW Radio, 3 September 2013

    About 100 Zimbabwean companies have been handed a 14 day ultimatum to officially register their compliance with the controversial indigenisation laws, or face serious punitive… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Mining Sector in Dire Need of FDIs

    Zimbabwe Standard, 4 August 2013

    GOVERNMENT has to be consistent in its polices to attract Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) in the mining sector, permanent secretary for Economic Planning and Investment Promotion… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Low Gold Prices Hit Metallon Gold

    The Herald, 23 July 2013

    METALLON Gold Zimbabwe is considering cutting salaries by at least 50 percent as a result of volatile gold prices on the international market, some workers at the company confirmed… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   New Dawn Reacts to Falling Gold Prices

    The Herald, 22 July 2013

    Gold prices have been subdued during the first six months of this year with the yellow metal trading at between US$1 200 and slightly above US$1 600 an ounce. Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Mining Growth Under Threat

    The Herald, 8 May 2013

    THE Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe will hold its 74th annual general meeting in Nyanga next week to deliberate on issues besetting the sector amid doubts the projected 17 percent… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Riozim Sinks Deeper Into Debt

    The Herald, 7 May 2013

    RIOZIM Limited, already groaning under a US$91 million liability, will later this month ask shareholders to approve a total of US$17 million in debts taken above its borrowing… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Gold Price Plunge Shocks Mines

    Financial Gazette, 2 May 2013

    A SUSTAINED slump in international gold prices registered in the past month could trigger the closure of some gold mines and curb investment, analysts warned this week, as the… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Small-Scale Gold Miners Face Tough Times

    Zimbabwe Standard, 28 April 2013

    GOLD production by small scale miners plummeted to two tonnes last year from 17 tonnes recorded nine years ago as exorbitant mining levies and punitive policies take its toll, an… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Gold Deliveries Decline

    The Herald, 19 April 2013

    ZIMBABWE'S total gold deliveries for the month of February declined by 0,54 percent from 967,45kg in January 2013 to 962,2kg. Read more »

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