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Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Zimbabwe bans riverbed mining to protect water sources

 Since 2011, the southern African country has allowed large scale and mechanical alluvial mining which has resulted in water pollution, siltation and degradation of river channels, Information Minister Jenfan Muswere said at the cabinet briefing. In 2020, authorities had issued a similar ban, but it was never fully enforced.

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