Mzingwane District is one of six districts in the drought-stricken Matabeleland South Province of Zimbabwe. The area receives erratic rainfall averaging 760 mm per annum. The district covers a surface area of 2820 km 2 and constitutes 20 wards with a total population estimated at 58 569. Artisanal small-scale gold mining …
Eventhough gold mining has both the positive and negative impacts on the environment, its negative impacts like depletion of natural resources, loss of grazing land and degradation of the ...
Mining is a crucial industry — from iron and copper to gravel and sand, we depend on it for the basic building blocks of the modern world. It is a fast changing sector, as the clean energy ...
The Zimbabwe Environmental Lawyers Association (ZELA), a rights advocacy group, recently commissioned a study to investigate the suitability of the laws that relate to land rights in Zimbabwe in the face of MIDs. Also subject to this probe was the efficacy of these laws in mitigating the effects of mining induced displacements.
Alternative mining Indabas have evolved to become the biggest public interest gatherings on mining and mining impacts in Zimbabwe. This …
Mining produces several environmental, social, and economic impacts which can be analysed spatially using remote sensing (RS) and geographical information systems (GIS). This paper provides an overview of recent studies using these techniques to assess mining impacts on water, land, and society. It also highlights the geographic …
The impact of mining operations on the surrounding land is also closely linked to the ecological setting of the mining sites. For example, the deforestation of primary forests caused by mining for iron ore in the tropical rainforests of Gabon is likely to leave more devastating and longer term ecological damage compared to mining iron …
All That Glitters is Not Gold: Turmoil in Zimbabwe's Mining Sector. In 2019, killings by machete-wielding gangs at Zimbabwe's gold mines jogged the government into preventive action. But police sweeps alone cannot make the sector safe. Harare should adopt reforms that allow more citizens to mine legally and head off disputes over the ...
In the global race for energy transition minerals that are meant to help address the climate change crisis, Zimbabwe is one of the few African countries with …
Locals slam Zimbabwe for turning a blind eye to Chinese miner's violations. by Tatenda Chitadu on 1 April 2024. Mining workers and villagers near the Bikita Minerals …
Mimosa mining company reaches out to the community. Compiled by Kudakwashe Zivera. Mimosa mining company on 21/07/2020 once again enabled citizen participation by calling stakeholders for an EIA consultation meeting for an expansion of a tailings dam and opening of a new shaft at North hill. The meeting was attended by the …
The following narratives represent the views of many: Related studies on mining-induced displacement in Marange, Zimbabwe, shed light on the adverse effects of forced relocation on livelihoods and ...
The environmental rights of many indigenous communities in Zimbabwe are violated by small-scale mining operations. Zvishavane is one of the marginalized communities in Zimbabwe where all types of mining activities are taking place as the district is located along the Great Dyke mineral belt. ... This paper examines the impact …
1. Introduction. In Zimbabwe, the mining sector is one of the key drivers of the economy as it ranks among the top three contributors of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (Zimbabwe Economic Report, Citation 2018).The Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe (2015) highlights that the mining sector has become one of the important drivers of economic …
Alternative mining Indabas have evolved to become the biggest public interest gatherings on mining and mining impacts in Zimbabwe. This paper thus serves as an expose of the major outcomes from all alternative mining Indabas held in Zimbabwe in 2014. ... CSR as an ethical responsibility by the enterprises and ensure evocative participation of ...
Between colonial intervention and a weak regulatory framework, mining in Zimbabwe has struggled to live up to its potential. With the government cracking down …
Alternative mining Indabas have evolved to become the biggest public interest gatherings on mining and mining impacts in Zimbabwe. This paper thus serves as an expose of the major outcomes from all alternative mining Indabas held in Zimbabwe in 2014. ... (The Financial Gazette, 2017). Mining operations in Zimbabwe are governed by the Mines …
specific impact exerted by a mining operation, because the impact(s) also depended on the degree of management control exerted during mining. Based on defined criteria, the impacts of mining and mineral processing operations were classified into high, medium and low impacts. These descriptors were then used to describe the scale and variety of ...
This study interrogates the impacts of mining at Connemara Gold Mine on the environment and rural livelihoods for surrounding communities the mine. While we acknowledge that mining is a very lucrative business and one of the major drivers of the …
of the global exploration budget fell from 0.2. percent to literally 0 percent. Globally, around 10 percent of all capital. expenditure in mining goes towards. exploration, in Zimbabwe, it is near ...
All That Glitters is Not Gold: Turmoil in Zimbabwe's Mining Sector. In 2019, killings by machete-wielding gangs at Zimbabwe's gold mines jogged the government …
At the same time the effects the mining activities on the local people and the environment have also been wide spread in these economies. While the contributions of mining in Zimbabwe is adequately appreciated, the impact of mining activities has also received its fair share of criticism especially from the general public.
An increase in artisanal and small-scale miners has had a signi cant negative effect on the environment, and there have been reports of health effects among residents in mining areas (30,31). ...
Various Causes of Mining. Some of the major causes of mining include but are not limited to the following: 1. Advancement in Technology. With the current advancement in technology and technological products such as cell phones, computers, and machinery, it is impossible to do away with mining. The demands for minerals from technological ...
1. Introduction. Large-scale mining projects inevitably have widespread impacts on local societies and ecologies. Because of their close relationships to the land, water, and resources therein, and their marginalized social and economic positions, Indigenous peoples living in current or former settler colonies are particularly vulnerable …
Introduction. Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) involves gold mining through basic rudimentary and semi-mechanized methods [].ASGM is usually associated with poor health and safety standards [].In 2017, an estimated 14–19 million miners were employed in ASGM globally [].In Zimbabwe, over 500,000 people are …
More importantly in the context of our argument, industrial mining is also expected to generate positive effects on non-mining economic activities in the producing communities, creating many indirect jobs related to the mining operations through the spending of mine workers, particularly in the service sector (e.g. Chuhan-Pole et al., …
However, much of what we know about mining-induced displacement in Zimbabwe is the impact on the livelihoods of displaced people (see, for instance, ... Loss of land and livelihoods from mining operations: a case in the Limpopo Province, South Africa. Land Use Policy, 99 (2020), Article 104825. View PDF View article View in …
These include Zimbabwe's mining legislation, environmental impacts of the mining industry at global level, in the SADC region and in Zimbabwe. Problems which confront …
