The high cost of predatory pricing in Zim chrome mining

PASSERS-BY along the Gweru-Zvishavane Highway cannot help but shake their heads in dejection as they watch the once picturesque landscape slowly turning into unsightly craters and gullies — the work of small-scale miners scooping out tonnes of soil chasing fortunes hidden underneath the earth’s belly.

When NewsDay Weekender visited Shurugwi last week, scores of people could be seen loading soil and making off with trucks carrying heaped sedentary rocks from makeshift mines dotted around the area.

While locals are concerned as they helplessly watch their environs turned into wasteland, the activities are a boon to those in the thick of things, especially Chinese miners.

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