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Zimbabwe to boost steel, coal exports to DRC amid growing demand
Zimbabwe should capitalise on its expanding steel and coal industries to increase exports to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where demand for these commodities is rapidly growing, Mines and Mi...Published: 13 Jun 2025 at 06:29hrs | 807 | by Staff reporter
Zambezi gas chokes Zim soldiers
Cranborne 0 : Zambezi FC 0 Despite shuttling battalions of supporters and some few members of the Zimbabwe National Army's (ZNA) medical aid team adjacent to the football pitch during their No...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 20:01hrs | 432 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Chinese mines to be compelled to plough back to their communities
HWANGE Rural District Council chairperson Pasca Mpofu says his team's immediate task is to engage mining companies and compel them to plough back resources to their communities in order to foster deve...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 19:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe edges closer to methane gas extraction
ONE of the six investors awarded special grants by Government to prospect for coal-bed methane (CBM) gas in Matebeleland North has made significant progress and is inching closer to tapping the resour...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 21:32hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe courts cannot review monetary policy'
CABS will not pay a client US$179 000 in foreign currency, being the balance converted to local currency at the height of currency reforms in 2019, after the High Court ruled that courts have no power...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zambezi Gas and Coal Mine shelves plans
ZAMBEZI Gas and Coal Mine has postponed to 2023 its planned underground mining venture at the southern pit in Hwange district, Matabeleland North province.The colliery, which at the moment is ...Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 05:21hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Work on 150MW coal project starts
Work has started on the 150MW first phase of a coal-fuelled private power station in Hwange to eventually generate an additional 750MW of power to the national grid.The privately-funded power ...Published: 23 Nov 2021 at 05:52hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zambezi Gas shelves gas mining project
ZAMBEZI Gas and Coal Mine says it has put on hold plans to establish a gas production project in Matabeleland North citing prohibitive costs associated with the venture.The mine produces 150 000 t...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 05:54hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
ZPC set to construct 600 houses in Hwange
THE Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) and Hwange Electricity Supply Company (Hesco) have stepped up efforts to construct over 600 houses in Mpumalanga Phase 7, an area allocated to them by Hwange Local Boa...Published: 26 Apr 2021 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Businessman reports 'connected' Bulawayo High Court Judge to JSC
Businessman Ismail Moosa Lunat has reported Bulawayo High Court Judge Justice Martin Makonese to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) alleging improper conduct after losing an appeal involving a US$1...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 20:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Speeding 40-tonne mine truck kills 2 elephants
Concern has been raised after a speeding 40-tonne coal mining dump truck belonging to Zambezi Gas and Coal Mine hit and killed two jumbos last Tuesday night.The accident happened near Sinamate...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe to export electricity'
ZIMBABWE will be exporting electricity to countries in the region in the next five years as Government has set ambitious projects that will see a number of power generating projects firing.Off...Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 06:18hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
Brick by brick, Vision 2030 is realisable
The achievements scored so far by President Emerson Mnangagwa's New Dispensation have raised a ray of hope that Vision 2030 is indeed possible, more so if unity of purpose prevails in the country....Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 10:10hrs | 1 | by Grace Chekai
Zesa gets nod to buy coal in forex
The government has rescinded its earlier decision to bar power utility Zesa from paying for its coal supplies in foreign currency, fearing the move could trigger crippling load shedding, Business Time...Published: 22 Oct 2020 at 07:21hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Panic grips Mnangagwa's Cabinet
Zimbabwe's thermal power stations may soon fail to feed onto the national electricity grid after coal suppliers warned their stockpile lasts for 12 days, plunging the country into colossal power crisi...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 14:49hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Power Station under threat
THE skewed pricing structure and the acute foreign currency shortages in the market have crippled the operations of coal miners, lowered production and could lead to a shut down of operations, busines...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Trial date set for former Zanu-PF MP, son in $10m fraud case
A HARARE magistrate has set May 24 as the trial date for former Zanu-PF MP for Muzarabani South and Zimbabwe Farmers' Development Company (ZFDC) chairperson Edward Raradza who is facing charges of def...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Makomo wins claims dispute
The Mining Affairs Board has finally settled the acrimonious coal claims dispute between Makomo Resources and Zambezi Gas, delivering a ruling in favour of the former as the rightful owners of the coa...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:22hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa sucked into mine dispute
Norton legislator and businessman Themba Mliswa could face yet another parliamentary probe for allegedly dragging Mines and Mining Development Portfolio Committee into the Makomo Resources and Zambezi...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 23:19hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
New twist to Makomo, Zambezi Gas coal field feud
The coal claims feud pitting Zambezi Gas and Makomo Resources has taken a new twist, amid reports that there may have been an "error" in the former's special grant.Zambezi Gas says its special...Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Makomo dismisses encroachment claims
Makomo Resources yesterday said its mining operations in Hwange were not affecting anyone's concession as it was extracting coal from land that acts as a boundary between Hwange Colliery company and Z...Published: 21 Nov 2018 at 05:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zambezi Gas, Coal Mine appeals to Govt
Zambezi Gas and Coal Mine has implored Government to expeditiously resolve a dispute in which it is accusing Makomo Resources of encroaching into 11 200 hectares of its Hwange-based concession....Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mliswa set to finish off Obert Mpofu
Hwange-based Zambezi Gas, a coal mining company, has appealed to the Temba Mliswa-led parliamentary panel to intervene so that it can get its land, which was allegedly grabbed by Zanu-PF administratio...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 12:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa handed fodder to finish off Obert Mpofu
Hwange based Zambezi Gas, a coal mining company, has appealed to the Temba Mliswa-led parliamentary panel to intervene so that it can get its land, which was allegedly grabbed by Zanu-PF administratio...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chitando cornered over Hwange Colliery
Members of the Mines Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Monday threatened not to pass the Mines ministry budget if Mines minister Winston Chitando continued to ignore previous recommendations to do ...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zanu PF MP in court over $10m theft
Former Zanu PF MP for Muzarabani South and Zimbabwe Farmers Development Company (ZFDC) chairperson, Edward Raradza appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Courts yesterday facing charges of defrauding the...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
JR Goddard opens up on lithium contract
BULAWAYO businessman Mr Jim Ross Goddard says his company will deliver the best service and render investment value after it won an earth-moving contract running into millions of dollars from Prospect...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 15:07hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu named in Hwange land grab
The deputy director of Zambezi Gas, Linos Masimura, told Parliament on Monday that part of his company’s coal mining concession in Hwange was unfairly cut and given to their competitor, Makomo Resou...Published: 09 May 2018 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwange town up for sale?
The country's oldest coal mining firm, Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL), is considering selling the town for $300 million as part of efforts to raise funds to off-set its obligations with a numb...Published: 08 May 2018 at 07:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
JR Goddard urges nation to be patient
NOT only does Mr Jim Ross Goddard have a gigantic frame but his company has over the years grown to attain such status and now his next step is to increase participation in making Zimbabwe an economic...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 08:43hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Man survives jumbo attack
A HWANGE man is lucky to be alive after he was attacked by a female elephant which was part of a herd he came across while walking home from work on Thursday morning.Narrating his ordeal to Su...Published: 22 Oct 2017 at 14:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zambezi Gas coal output increases
ZAMBEZI Gas has increased coal output to 40 000 tonnes per month compared to 10 000 tonnes the colliery was producing when it started full-scale production last year.The Matabeleland North-bas...Published: 17 Jul 2017 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dangote gets green light
PRESIDENT Mugabe has issued Special Grants to four new companies to explore and extract coal and coalbed methane gas in Matabeleland North Province, bringing the number of firms to exploit the resourc...Published: 07 Feb 2016 at 08:25hrs | 2 | by Dumisani Nsingo
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