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Tag: Alluvial Fields

  • Zimbabwe reinstates ban on alluvial and riverbed mining

    Alluvial mining extracts minerals from riverbeds and floodplains, while riverbed mining targets river channels. Both can harm the environment and pollute water. On Tuesday, the Zimbabwean government reimplemented its ban on alluvial and riverbed mining to combat environmental damage, media reported. Although the ban was initially declared in 2020, the practice has persisted in recent…

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  • Lucapa finds Angola mine’s second-largest diamond

    Australia’s Lucapa Diamond (ASX: LOM) has unearthed a 235-carat type IIa diamond from its prolific Lulo mine, the second-largest recovered at the Angola operation since it opened in 2015. The find comes barely a week after the recovery of a 208-carat diamond at the same mine, which is the third-largest ever recovered from Lulo. The new diamond was dug up from Mining Block…

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