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By Patrick Chitumba SABI Gold Mine in Zvishavane is operating at about 40 percent capacity after completing the pre-start programme, managing director Mr Brian Chandiwana has said. He said the mine, which resumed operations at the beginning of the year after closing for about 24 months was slowly picking up. “We have completed a pre-start […]
By Patrick Chitumba Fifteen suspected gold panners have died in skirmishes at Sabi Gold Mine in Zvishavane with the latest death being reported on Wednesday last week. Management at the mine, which resumed operations at the beginning of the year, has been struggling to deal with illegal miners who continue to invade the mine in […]
By Patrick Chitumba Police have been called to restore order at the recently re-opened Sabi Gold Mine in Zvishavane as artisanal gold miners (amakorokoza), who had thrived on the 24-month-long closure of the mine, have refused to leave. Reports of armed clashes between mine security personnel and the artisanal miners are said to be continuing, […]
Baldmin Holdings, a member of Baldmin Projects South Africa has completed the refurbishment of Sabi Gold Mine paving way for its re-opening. The mine has been under care and maintenance for the past three years having closed down in May 2014 due to the shortage of working capital and ballooning debt levels. The gold mine’s […]
By Munyaradzi Musiiwa The Government has secured $7 million worth of mining equipment for Sabi Gold Mine in Zvishavane which will assist in the revival of the mine, Mines and Mining Development Minister Walter Chidhakwa has said. In an interview on the sidelines of a tour of Sabi Gold Mine in Zvishavane on Friday, Minister […]
The Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) plans to use a phased recovery approach to revive three of its gold mines put under care and maintenance due to under capitalization.
The MDC-T is calling for a ‘full inquiry’ into the circumstances which led to the closure of the state-owned Sabi Gold Mine, which has left 500 workers jobless with the company still owing them six month salaries.