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Lithium producer Prospect to build 70MW solar plant

Prospect Lithium Zimbabwe (PLZ), a subsidiary of China's Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Limited, has commenced the construction of a 70-megawatt (MW) power station as part of its strategy to strengthen energy security and reduce dependence on the …

Published: 3 hrs ago | 98 | by Staff reporter

Chinese firm rushes to extract over 60,000 metric tonnes of lithium ahead of ban

China's Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt plans to extract more than 60,000 metric tonnes of lithium sulphate during the first quarter of 2026 from its new $400 million pl

Published: 21 Oct 2025 at 11:04hrs | 585 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe to start lithium sulphate production in 2026

Zimbabwe is set to produce its first lithium sulphate by early next year following the completion of a US$400 million processing plant at the Prospect Lithium Mine in Goromonzi. The milestone comes as the country gears up for the 2027 ban …

Published: 20 Oct 2025 at 13:01hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's first lithium sulphate plant to start production

The first phase of construction at the US$400 million Prospect Lithium Zimbabwe sulphate plant is expected to be completed early next year, Mines and Mining Development Minister Winston Chitando has announced.Touring the facility yesterday…

Published: 17 Oct 2025 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter

Harare Institute of Technology to set up lithium processing plant

The Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) is set to establish a lithium processing plant as part of efforts to position Zimbabwe as a key player in the global battery value chain.The announcement was made on Friday by HIT vice-chancellor Dr…

Published: 08 Sep 2025 at 13:16hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's broken railways threaten lithium, tobacco exports

Zimbabwe's crumbling railway system, once the backbone of the economy, has become a major obstacle to growth, inflating transport costs, stifling exports, and threatening emerging sectors such as lithium and tobacco, economist Eddie Cross …

Published: 16 Aug 2025 at 13:33hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's lithium smugglers defy export ban

Zimbabwe is losing millions of dollars through the illicit export of raw lithium, despite a government ban introduced in 2022 to force miners to process the mineral locally. The ban, first imposed under Statutory Instrument 213 of 2022 and…

Published: 16 Aug 2025 at 13:22hrs | | by Staff reporter

How Britain plans to keep Zimbabwe poor

After decades of isolation, Britain has returned to Zimbabwe - not with apologies, but with a billion-dollar shopping list and a polished script about "mutual benefit." At the centre of the conversation? Lithium. Suddenly, Zimbabwe's lithi…

Published: 09 Aug 2025 at 14:25hrs | | by Sizwe SikaMusi

Bulawayo hit by wave of lithium battery fires

Lithium batteries meant to power homes are instead turning them into death traps, as a surge of fires linked to poorly installed solar systems sweeps across Bulawayo.So far this year, 10 homes have been destroyed and one life lost. Added t…

Published: 08 Aug 2025 at 17:38hrs | | by Staff reporter

Investor loses US$60K in botched lithium deal

A United Arab Emirates-based company has allegedly lost US$60,620 in a failed lithium deal with a local firm, prompting fraud charges against Nasha Weal Musa, director of Nasha Industries and Commodities Private Limited.Musa appeared befor…

Published: 05 Aug 2025 at 18:27hrs | | by Staff reporter

Illegal lithium exports undermine Zimbabwe's mineral wealth

In 2023, Peter, a truck driver, approached a border checkpoint between Zimbabwe and Mozambique carrying a sealed container he believed held chrome, a mineral listed on the shipment paperwork. Having transported shipments for the Chinese-ow…

Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 09:00hrs | | by Staff reporter

Lithium rush a crossroads for Zimbabwe's future

Africa, which holds significant estimated shares of the world's total reserves of bauxite (24%), cobalt (49.4%), copper (7%), graphite (21%), lithium (6%), manganese (43%), nickel (4.2%) and rare earth minerals (2%), is at the centre of a …

Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 10:27hrs | 316 | by Sikhululekile Mashingaidze and Stephen Buchanan-Clarke

Giant lithium miner displaces villagers in Zimbabwe

A tense standoff is unfolding in Bikita, where eight families settled on George Nollen Farm under Chief Marozva in the year 2000, as part of Zimbabwe's land reform programme, are now facing eviction. The relocation is being prompted by Bik…

Published: 11 May 2025 at 12:44hrs | | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo firm urged to seize lithium battery opportunities

A Bulawayo-based engineering company, VEET Engineering, has been encouraged to tap into the booming global market for lithium batteries and contribute to Zimbabwe's industrial growth and economic recovery.The call was made by Higher and Te…

Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 08:22hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter

Huayou Cobalt bets on Arcadia Lithium Mine

Chinese battery manufacturing giant Huayou Cobalt is intensifying its focus on Zimbabwe's Arcadia Lithium Mine, as it pushes forward with a lithium sulfate project aimed at significantly reducing production costs and deepening integration …

Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe cop convicted for bribery in lithium ore case

A 36-year-old Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer, Peter Loverage Mombe, has been convicted of Criminal Abuse of Duty as a Public Officer after he was caught soliciting an $800 bribe for the release of a truck carrying lithium ore.The i…

Published: 01 Apr 2025 at 11:27hrs | 443 | by Staff reporter

Gwanda Lithium Mine completes new plant

Gwanda Lithium Mine has successfully completed the construction of its multi-million-dollar processing plant and secured an export permit from the Government, paving the way for lithium concentrate shipments to China.Mines and Mining Devel…

Published: 12 Mar 2025 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter

Indian firm eyes Zimbabwe for lithium refinery and EV manufacturing

Vardhaan Lithium, the company spearheading India's first lithium refinery and battery manufacturing unit, has expressed keen interest in leveraging Zimbabwe's vast mineral resources, with plans for beneficiation and value addition.A high-p…

Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter

China mining firms partner with Zimbabwe on lithium mine

Chinese miners Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. and Tsingshan Holding Group Co. are defying low lithium prices to develop a deposit of the battery metal with a Zimbabwean state company.The two firms already operate lithium projects in the southe…

Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 13:56hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's lithium gambit: Navigating China-US rivalry

Lithium is Zimbabwe's third-largest mineral export after gold and platinum group of metals, bringing in US$2,46 billion and US$2,27 billion, respectively, in 2023.AS the world is going through the green energy revolution, a steady supply o…

Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 08:17hrs | 257 | by Samir Bhattacharya

Zimbabwe company ventures into lithium battery production

Verify Engineering, a Zimbabwean company, has started lithium battery production, aligning with Zimbabwe's focus on mineral value addition and beneficiation. With Africa's largest lithium reserves, Zimbabwe banned raw lithium exports to cu…

Published: 08 Jul 2024 at 10:50hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

Australia firm unfazed by Zimbabwe lithium setback

MetalsGrove, an Australia Stock Exchange (ASX)-listed company, has announced its intention to continue pursuing lithium assets in Zimbabwe despite initial exploration setbacks. The company's exploration efforts at the Beatrice and Arcturus…

Published: 30 Jun 2024 at 18:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe wants lithium miners to plan new capacity

Zimbabwe wants miners to come forward by the end of March with plans to produce battery-grade lithium, despite a sharp fall in global prices for the mineral, a senior government official said on Friday.Africa's top lithium producer Zimbabw…

Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 04:55hrs | | by Staff reporter

Insiza struggles as lithium mining trucks leave road in ruins

Villagers in Insiza demand that mining companies fix the roads, which are in a bad state due to the heavy trucks passing through them daily.Sources who spoke to CITE on condition of anonymity claimed that around 30 trucks carrying lithium …

Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 13:53hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter

US$54 million Gwanda Lithium Mine employs 300

A TOTAL of 300 workers mainly locals have been employed at the newly-established Gwanda Lithium Mine Zimbabwe at Mandihongola area in Matebeleland South province, in yet another milestone investment under the Second Republic led by Preside…

Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe lithium mines given March 2024 deadline

Lithium mining companies have been given a deadline of March 31, 2024, to submit beneficiation plans as the Government seeks to tap into substantial mineral revenues that can be generated from the beneficiation of key minerals.The Governme…

Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 05:28hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe road construction workers stumble on 'huge' lithium deposits

Construction workers on the Harare-Beitbridge highway near Ngundu have stumbled upon significant lithium deposits, according to sources. While widening the road near a mountainous area, the workers inadvertently discovered lithium ore, lea…

Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 20:25hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Canadian lithium firm unearths evidence of large deposits in Zimbabwe

CANADA-based lithium exploration and development company, Li3 Lithium Corporation, has announced the discovery of lithium mineralisation on a 1,2 kilometre stretch at Nels Luck pegmatite target, during the ongoing exploration programme at …

Published: 22 Aug 2023 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter

China intensifies lithium interest in Zimbabwe

CHINA has accounted for more than half of investment licences issued by Zimbabwean authorities during the first quarter of the year amid a boom in global demand for lithium as commercial and domestic consumers of energy migrate to alternat…

Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 14:25hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF name drops US billionaire Elon Musk

US billionaire Elon Musk has reportedly shown interest in Zimbabwe's lithium mining industry, with ruling Zanu-PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa revealing talks are already underway between him and President Emmerson Mnangagwa.The Sou…

Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 08:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa commissions US$300 million lithium project

THE adoption of a rapid results approach by the Second Republic was on display yesterday as President Mnangagwa commissioned a US$300 million-lithium plant that was constructed in a record nine months and is testimony to the successes of P…

Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 08:20hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Let's support our school children by paying their school fees

Here I was walking lackadaisically towards our forlorn and miserable Chinehasha Shopping Centre on  Friday. The much-remembered and never to be forgotten 2023. Ahh isn't it the same year of the great national plebiscite of selective p…

Published: 18 May 2023 at 21:05hrs | 2 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Zimbabwe's lithium beneficiation policy gets approval

Cabinet has approved the Lithium Ore Policy anchored on fostering the country's beneficiation capacity as well as maximising earnings from the country's mineral endowment and put a stop to the export and smuggling of lithium bearing ores.T…

Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 07:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Investors flock to Premier for Zulu off take

ZIMBABWE-FOCUSED miner Premier African Minerals says it has been approached by a number of other mining firms in the country to talk about its future plans for Zulu lithium for either direct equity investment or future offtake.Premier owns…

Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zulu lithium production might start this week

MULTI-COMMODITY mining and natural resource development company, Premier African Minerals, on Tuesday completed the plant assembly, construction and final instrumentation connections at the mine plant in Fort Rixon in readiness for lithium…

Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 06:34hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa regime sees lithium as Zimbabwe's get-out-of-jail card

High demand for minerals in lithium, driven by ion batteries for electric vehicles and other green technologies, may be Zimbabwe's sanctions get-out-of-jail card â€” or a get-rich-quick card for Zanu-PF.Climate change is gifting Zimbabwe a…

Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 07:50hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

LITHIUM is fast becoming the new resource curse in Zimbabwe.

Government has already made it a strategic mineral considering its high-end socio-economic and national defense value.On the African scale, Zimbabwe is considered to hold the largest lithium deposits. The Arcadia lithium project just outsi…

Published: 12 Mar 2023 at 06:47hrs | 2 | by Tawanda Majoni

Environmental Management Agency shuts down 2 lithium mines

THE Environmental Management Agency (Ema) in Mashonaland East province has shut down two lithium mines in Goromonzi district for allegedly operating without environmental impact assessment (EIA) certificates.The companies are TN Gold and S…

Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 07:39hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

The next frontier for Zimbabwe's lithium

THERE has been a scramble for Zimbabwe's lithium deposits by multinationals in the past five years. Exploration projects that kicked off in 2018 are now at advanced stages of implementation, and Zimbabwe is slowly turning into one of Afric…

Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 19:20hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Reflecting on the export ban for raw lithium

Through Statutory Instrument 213 of 2022 (Referend to as Base Minerals Export Control for unbeneficiated Lithium Bearing Ores), Zimbabwe banned the export of raw lithium from the country. The regulation points that no lithium bearing ores,…

Published: 31 Jan 2023 at 09:12hrs | | by Victor Bhoroma

'Why was Army granted licence to export lithium ore?' - Not because ZDI is on sanctions, there're no investors

"Embattled state arms manufacturer, the Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI) has been controversially granted a special permit to export raw lithium by the government, a decision expected to inject life into the firm's struggling operations, …

Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 19:21hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai

Zimbabwe military gets permit to export raw lithium

EMBATTLED state arms manufacturer, the Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI) has been controversially granted a special permit to export raw lithium by the government, a decision expected to inject life into the firm's struggling operations, e…

Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 16:28hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Fortune seekers descend on Mberengwa in Zimbabwe lithium rush

THE country's policies are once again in the spotlight after more than 5 000 artisanal miners and fortune seekers, including foreigners, mainly of Chinese origin, have descended on the former Sandawana Mine in Mberengwa, Midlands province,…

Published: 04 Nov 2022 at 05:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zdamwu raps govt over lithium deals

The Zimbabwe Diamonds and Allied Mineral Workers Union (Zdamwu) has rapped the government for allowing the deals which are seeing the nation losing large in the lithium mining.Zdamwu secretary general Justice Chinhema said so 2 Zimbabweans…

Published: 24 Apr 2022 at 11:21hrs | | by Stephen Jakes

Lithium: Chinese lead scramble for Zimbabwe assets

CHINESE firms have invested over US$570 million in Zimbabwe's lithium mines since the last quarter of 2021, as the rush for Zimbabwe's resource escalates.It is not only the Chinese who have stampeded for Zimbabwe's lithium, but in a rush r…

Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe to set up battery manufacturing factories

Minister July Moyo says Zimbabwe is going to set up battery manufacturing factories in the Midlands Province as part of lithium beneficiation efforts, Zim Techreview reported.Gweru used to be home to Kariba Batteries which used to supply Z…

Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 16:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe readies for lithium battery production

ZIMBABWE Lithium Company is negotiating with RioZim to upgrade the Empress Nickel Refinery (ENR) and position it for battery grade lithium production.Lithium has become a much-sought after mineral not only in Zimbabwe, but across the globe…

Published: 07 Jun 2018 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zim can be a global manufacturing centre for Lithium batteries

Econet founder Strive Masiyiwa has said Zimbabwe has the potential to be a global manufacturing centre for the type of Lithium batteries."We are already using Lithium battery systems in DPA and we are partnered with some of the key players…

Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 13:28hrs | | by Staffr eporter

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