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Chrome ore concentrates are not minerals, rules Zimbabwe High Court
High Court Justice Siyabona Paul Musithu has issued a landmark ruling that could significantly affect the financial landscape for chrome miners in Zimbabwe. The court has determined that chrome ore co...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 09:15hrs | 1500 | by Staff reporter
Chinese investors elbow out local chrome miners
An investigation has revealed that the Zimbabwe Mining and Alloy Smelting Company (Zimasco) has replaced around 150 small-scale chrome miners with Chinese investors, raising concerns about discriminat...Published: 10 Sep 2024 at 07:27hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Zimasco switches off 4 of its 6 furnaces
Ferrochrome producer, Zimasco has switched off four of its six furnaces at the Kwekwe plant owing to several challenges chief among them high power charges.The company is operating with two fu...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 04:53hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Bata offloads 106 workers
Gweru, one of Zimbabwe's heavy industrial hubs continues with its tailspin after Bata Shoe Company retrenched 106 workers on Monday this week.Except for Bata, most of Gweru's industrial area i...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 07:48hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sees surge in mining investments
Zimbabwe's mining sector has witnessed a surge in investment over the past two years, with several companies investing heavily in exploration, expansion, and plant construction.A recent survey...Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 05:53hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa heads to Magunje for star rally
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa today heads to Mashonaland West for a star rally in the province that has in the past five years benefited immensely from the Second Republic-initiated programmes and projects....Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 08:22hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Gono elected new Chamber of Mines president
THE Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe has elected new executives to lead the organisation until next year.Announcing the new office bearers during the 2023 mining conference this afternoon, Chamber...Published: 31 May 2023 at 21:07hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
ZimAlloys ready to switch on its biggest furnace
ZIMBABWE Alloys (ZimAlloys), one of the country's biggest producers of ferrochrome, will restart its 50 000 tonnes per year furnace in July this year after investing more than US$13 million in it, an ...Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa challenged to answer questions in Parly
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) member of Parliament for Mbizo, Settlement Chikwinya, has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to attend the National Assembly and answer to pressing issues fac...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 11:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimasco readies to commence production
KWEKWE-based ferrochrome producer, Zimasco, is in the process of switching on three of its furnaces as it seeks to resume operations.The ferrochrome producer switched off its Kwekwe plant in N...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:42hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new steel plant 40% complete
Construction of a carbon steel plant in Manhize, Chivhu, by Dinson Iron and Steel Company (Disco) is 40 percent complete, it has been learnt.Addressing a post-Cabinet media briefing, acting In...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZIMASCO starts building two new furnaces
ZIMASCO, a unit of China's Sinosteel, has started building two new furnaces at the Kwekwe complex as it targets to raise capacity by 40 percent, a spokesperson said.The US$35 million investmen...Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pilot gas production to start in 2024
SHANGANI Energy Exploration (SEE), the company exploring coal bed methane in the Matabeleland North Province said it will start a pilot gas production for power generation in 2024.SEE, a joint...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa son-in-law, adviser botch ZimCoke deal
A COURT application is set to be filed any day from now to legally and officially cancel the US$225 million ZimCoke deal to acquire assets of the now defunct state-owned Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Compan...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 19:17hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Africa's 'largest' ferrochrome plant takes shape
FORTUNE 500 company, Tsingshang's massive steel and ferrochrome production plant is taking shape near Zimbabwe's mining town of Mvuma, Standardbusiness established last week.The operation is b...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
China sees third force in huge outcry over its Zimbabwe activities
FOLLOWING months of a huge outcry over Chinese enterprises' "exploitative" strategy in Zimbabwe's mineral resources, Beijing's diplomats in Harare spoke out this week, telling the Zimbabwe Independent...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 19:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZimAlloys to resume production next year
Zimbabwe Alloys (ZimAlloys), one of the country's largest ferrochrome producer is looking to re-start production during the first quarter of next year, an official has saidThe company owns thr...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:24hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimasco completes feasibility study for Mberengwa furnaces
ZIMASCO, a local ferro-chrome producer owned by China's Sinosteel, has completed a feasibility study for the construction of furnaces in Neta, Mberengwa District, where it intends to build new mines, ...Published: 22 Sep 2021 at 06:00hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Fire guts Kwekwe Hospital staff quarters
Kwekwe General Hospital doctors and staff members escaped unharmed after their quarters caught fire in the early hours of today.Nine families, including doctors, physiotherapist, nurses and an...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 19:44hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chamber of Mines elects new leadership
THE Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe has elected new leadership to lead the organisation until next year amid calls for all mining stakeholders to embrace inclusiveness for the industry to realise the US$...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mineral output forecast to jump 11%
Mining companies expect an 11 percent growth output in the second half this year, after seeing production fall across key minerals in the first quarter, the Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe (CoMZ) has sai...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
US$7 million Zesa debt hampers Zimasco operations
KWEKWE-based ferrochrome producer, Zimasco's plans to commence production on its Western Plant have hit a snag amid reports that the company has to first clear a US$7 million debt to the power utility...Published: 21 May 2021 at 05:58hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
NRZ targets new mines
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) says it is targeting several new mines that have been established in Zimbabwe to increase freight volumes while government scouts for fresh capital.Effo...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Record of successes towards attaining vision 2030' insists Mnangagwa - a midNIGHT mirage
"As we end today's Cabinet session, which is the last for the year 2020, it is imperative that we take stock of some of the achievements in our journey towards the attainment of Vision 2030," Mnangagw...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 11:14hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
4 reasons why General Solomon Mujuru didn't want Mnangagwa to be President
Academic and Biographer Miles Tendi has written four reasons why the late General Solomon Mujuru did not want President Emmerson Mnangagwa to assume the post of Presidency. Tendi was respondin...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 12:16hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tensions flare over Chinese miners in the Midlands
Mounds of black chrome shimmer along the highway that runs through this area, as mine workers labour near heavy machinery marked with Chinese writing.The workers toil about 5km from the road, ...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 10:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Businessman shoots wife's car tyres
Prominent Gweru businessman, James Brain Zijena was arrested for shooting and deflating the tyres of his wife's vehicle after suspecting that she had left the car to see her lover.Police docum...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 15:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chikwinya, a life full of drama
Hailing from humble beginnings and rising to fame as a politician of note, Mbizo MP Settlement Chikwinya (MDC Alliance) is a man of iron will.His life story is full of theatrics.Chikwi...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 08:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally's ACF restructures, suspends operations
One of Zimbabwe's major chrome producers, African Chrome Fields (ACF), has temporarily suspended operations as the company embarks on a restructuring exercise.Information at hand shows ACF pro...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 11:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
A case for subsidies in the mining sector
Zimbabwe racked in US$3.2 billion from mineral exports in 2018, a figure which represents 76% of the country's official total export earnings. This year the government has set the target at US$4.2 bil...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 09:35hrs | 2 | by Victor Bhoroma
Victoria Falls tour operators dispatch helicopters, rafters to Chimanimani
SHEARWATER Adventures and Chikopokopo Tour Operators in Victoria Falls have dispatched two six-seater long-range helicopters and water rafters to cyclone-ravaged Chimanimani to help in rescue operatio...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
The death of Zimbabwean economic giants
The market landscape of any country is shaped by a few companies that underpin socio-economic activities of that particular nation. These companies are mirrored on the competitive advantages that the ...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 14:16hrs | 1 | by Victor Bhoroma
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, ...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 16:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa's Post Cabinet media briefing - Full statement
The Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Monica Mutsvangwa addressed a Post Cabinet media briefing in the Cabinet room at Munhumutapa Building today.Mutsvangwa highligh...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 15:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Eddie Cross gives economy thumbs up, scoffs at doomsayers
The country's economy is on a sound footing due to Government policy initiatives that have seen growth in the GDP and exports among other indicators, former MDC-T policy advisor Mr Eddie Cross has sai...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
NRZ equipment lease deal pays off
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) says its decision to hire equipment from Transnet South Africa has started paying dividends, with cargo freight volumes increasing since April this year....Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chombo flew close to the sun but survived
Chombo flew close to the sun but survivedMarian Chombo flew close to the sun but survived Marian ChomboFortunate Gora Mash West CorrespondentLike the Greek mythical character Icaru...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 13:59hrs | | by Fortune Gora
'Mnangagwa made sure I was removed from Zanu-PF party structures'
FORMER Kwekwe Central legislator Masango Matambanadzo - affectionately known in Kwekwe and national political circles as "Blackman" partly due to his dark complexion - has opened up to The Standard on...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 20:17hrs | | by Staff reporyer
Chamisa's MDC-T rejects PDP Parly candidate
THE MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa faces a stern test in Mbizo constituency, Kwekwe where MDC-T structures are reportedly opposed to having the seat allocated to PDP parliamentary candidate, Settl...Published: 01 Jun 2018 at 09:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why vote President Mnangagwa in the coming elections
The Zimbabwean economy has been in the doldrums for close to two decades. President E.D Mnangagwa has been the light at the end of the tunnel as his administration priorities the economy over politics...Published: 29 May 2018 at 14:35hrs | | by Rudo Saungweme
Zimra delays NRZ locomotives over customs clearance
HARARE - National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ)'s rolling stock and locomotives unveiled by President Emmerson Mnangagwa on February 21 took over a month to be operationalised as they were held up in Bul...Published: 30 Apr 2018 at 12:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter
3 000 get jobs in Midlands
AT least 3 000 people in the Midlands province have been engaged in different jobs by companies since the ushering in of the new political dispensation led by President Mnangagwa last November....Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Voter registration still open
The Biometric Voter registration is continuing at the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission offices across the country. Mthwakazi Republic Party has urged citizens to visit centres to register as voters...Published: 13 Mar 2018 at 13:47hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Hwange Colliery workers' presentation to the honourable minster of labour and social welfare
Honourable minister we are humbled by your concern for our welfare as workers of Hwange Colliery Company Limited. This you have demonstrated before through food aid and today you are with us in person...Published: 10 Mar 2018 at 17:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Most Zimbabweans buy from flea markets
More than 64% of Zimbabweans are relying heavily on flea markets for clothing as the country's clothing and textiles industry is yet to recover from years of under investment and distortions to the co...Published: 04 Mar 2018 at 18:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to commission leased NRZ equipment
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will on Wednesday commission equipment leased by the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) from Transnet.The equipment, comprising 13 locomotives, 200 wagons and 34 ...Published: 19 Feb 2018 at 05:50hrs | | by staff reporter
New trains for NRZ
THE framework agreement of the National Railways of Zimbabwe's (NRZ) US$400 million recapitalisation tender has been signed, allowing a consortium, which won the tender, to immediately dispatch wagons...Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 15:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimalloys to recruit over 500 people
MIDLANDS-BASED ferrochrome producer, ZimAlloys is set to recruit over 500 workers within the first 18 months of operating under a new investor.ZimAlloys, which was placed under judicial manage...Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
NRZ seeks mandate to transport heavy metals, minerals
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ), through the Transport and Infrastructural Development Ministry, is lobbying Cabinet to promulgate a Statutory Instrument that would ring-fence heavy metals and...Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 05:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Efforts to revive NRZ gather momentum
GOVERNMENT and a consortium led by the Diaspora Infrastructure Development Group (DIDG) and South Africa's Transnet, have signed a framework of agreement as efforts to revive the National Railways of ...Published: 17 Jan 2018 at 06:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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