Since 2011, the southern African nation has allowed giant scale and mechanical alluvial mining which has resulted in water air pollution, siltation and degradation of river channels, Data Minister Jenfan Muswere mentioned on the cupboard briefing. In 2020, authorities had issued an identical ban, but it surely was by no means totally enforced.
Over 60% of Zimbabwe’s gold is produced by small-scale miners, a lot of whom supply the yellow metallic by way of riverbed mining.
In January by way of July this 12 months, the nation produced 17,279.4 kilograms, up from 16,855.4 kilograms a 12 months earlier, in accordance with official information.
(By Godfrey Marawanyika)