Thursday, January 04, 2024 NewsdzeZimbabwe 0. At least 11 miners are feared dead after they were today trapped at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga, Manicaland Province. National police spokesperson ...
January 28, 2024. Metalon Corporation-owned Mazowe Mining Company (MMC) has announced its plans to resume underground shaft operations as part of its corporate strategy. This move aims to reintroduce shaft mining and extensively rehabilitate mining areas to ensure safer mining practices, thereby protecting the lives and well-being of …
ZIMBABWE'S DISAPPEARING GOLD: The Case of Mazowe and Penhalonga. llicit financial flows (IFFs) in the artisanal mining sector in Zimbabwe are responsible for …
South African mining magnate Mzi Khumalo's Metallon Corporation this week said it was moving to formalise operations at its Redwing Mine in Zimbabwe, where 15 suspected "zama zamas" were rescued from a collapsed shaft. ... situated in the Penhalonga area of Manicaland province, is owned by United Kingdom-registered …
In Zimbabwe Penhalonga means 'the place that shines'. Gold mining has a long history in the area near the Mozambique border, stretching back over a hundred years. Today, there's a new gold rush. The Redwing Mine is the only large-scale mine in the area, but there are dozens of smaller operators around Penhalonga and nearby Tsvingwe, and ...
Redwing Mine is a microcosm of Zimbabwe's mining woes. Greed masquerading as opportunity, safety standards saced on the altar of quick profits. Artisanal miners, driven by desperation ...
The decision to pave the way for mining in Penhalonga by exhuming graves has stirred strong reactions on social media. Despite the area being a graveyard, authorities granted mining rights to a company, leading to the exhumation of graves. Pictures circulating online depict the graveyard in disarray, with soil heaps and leveled ground to …
8 January 2024. The Herald (Harare) By Ray Bande in Mutare and Mukudzei Chingwere in Harare. All 15 artisanal miners trapped at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga near Mutare …
19° 38' 11" S. 32° 25' 3" E. 87.9km (54.6 miles) 199.5° (SSW) The Penhalonga Gold Mine circa 1910. Penhalonga, Mutasa District, Manicaland, Zimbabwe. View of the Penhalonga gold mining area, ca. 1905. Old West Mine, Penhalonga, Mutasa District, Manicaland, Zimbabwe. Underground Penhalonga gold mining scene, in 1930.
Causal risk factors associated with equipment used by artisanal and small-scale gold miners in Kadoma and Shurugwi in Zimbabwe in 2020: (a) hazardous noise exposure at a site with six stamp mills ...
PENHALONGA – A meeting ended prematurely as tempers flared at TsvingwePrimary School in Penhalonga this afternoon when officials from Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) addressed residents...
Betterbrands also contracts artisanal and small-scale miners to extract and surrender ore to them, which has become a new mining model, as the company seeks …
By Daniel E Russell. Located near the modern-day city of Mutare in Zimbabwe, the Penhalonga gold mine saw active service from 1895 to 1943. The two earliest gold claims in the Umtali district were laid out in 1888 by British mining engineer James Henry Jeffreys. Apparently, the district was then considered to be part of province of Manica in ...
This paper will examine the social organisation of ASM in the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe, paying particular attention to Penhalonga which has become a hotspot of so-called informal mining. The most interesting part of this paper, is a discussion about the relationship between makorokozas and the formal large-scale mines (LSM) located …
By Farai Maguwu Today 14 January 2017, the Penhalonga residents decided they have had enough at the hands of mining which benefits only the country's ruling elites. The Save Penhalonga Campaign ...
Small Bridge Dam is located approximately 41.4km from Mutare. Starting from the Aerodrome road & Robert Mugabe road (A3) intersection roundabout in Mutare, you drive 7.5km in the direction to Harare on A3 & reach the Penhalonga turn off.
- TINASHE MAKICHI/FREEMAN MAKOPA. THE government is investigating the operations of a Belarussian firm, Zim Goldfields, which is undertaking alluvial gold mining in Manicaland, the Zimbabwe Independent can reveal. Zim Goldfields, which is a partnership between the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) and ...
A series of tragedies. In the early wake of January 4, 2024, the Redwing mine made headlines as 15 miners found themselves trapped underground bringing Penhalonga yet to another somber mourning.
A B S T R A C T This paper will look at recent moves by the government of Zimbabwe to decriminalise artisanal gold mining. Focus will be on ASM activities in Penhalonga, Eastern Zimbabwe where I carried out ethnographic fieldwork through interviewing makorokozas (small scale miners).
Penhalonga and Tsvingwe are found in Ward 21 of Mutasa South Constituency in Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe. Our area is endowed with gold deposits and fertile red agricultural soils. We have a …
For Mr. Cluff, this return to Zimbabwe represents a homecoming of sorts—a resurgence of his pioneering spirit that first took root in the country's mining sector in 1980. His vision for substantial investment in industrial minerals heralds a new era of economic prosperity, poised to unleash a steady stream of revenue over the next three to ...
Today, there's a new gold rush. The Redwing Mine is the only large-scale mine in the area, but there are dozens of smaller operators around Penhalonga and nearby Tsvingwe, and …
Our traditional gold mining practices and their role in our livelihood Prior to the exploitation of the much bigger reef sources, the extraction of gold in Zimbabwe seems to have begun with alluvial deposits around AD 600 1. The Mutare River ('river of metals') that flows down from the Penhalonga Valley had rich alluvial gold in its gravel ...
Penhalonga is mining village in the province of Manicaland, Zimbabwe located 18 km north of Mutare in a valley where the Sambi and Imbeza Rivers meet the Mutare River. According to the 1982 Population Census, the village had a population of 4,477. Ancient gold workings have been found in the area. In 1895 the Penhalonga Mine opened and …
UNSTABLE ground at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga, Manicaland province, has reportedly stalled efforts to rescue nearly a dozen artisanal miners trapped underground on Thursday, NewsDay has learnt. In ...
November 10, 2020. 0 325. By Simiso Mlevu. . . . as Redwing Mine is turned into an artisanal mining field. AN ENVIRONMENTAL catastrophe is rapidly engulfing the …
PENHALONGA – All 15 miners who were trapped underground following the collapse of a shaft at a mine owned by controversial gold dealer and now Zanu PF's …
Penhalonga. Penhalonga is mining village in Mutasa District of Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe, located 18 km north of Mutare in a valley where the Tsambe and Imbeza Rivers meet the Mutare River. Ukraine is facing shortages in its brave fight to survive. Please support Ukraine, because Ukraine defends a peaceful, free and democratic world.
Operations at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga (50 km from Mutare) were suspended in January 2023 due to safety concerns and the issuance of a non-compliance notice by the Environmental Management ...
At least 15 miners are feared dead following a mineshaft collapse at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga, Manicaland province, early this morning. The mine is owned by Zanu PF Mabvuku-Tafara legislator Pedzisayi Scott Sakupwanya. Centre for Research and Development director James Mupfumi said that the accident occurred when the shaft …