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Mnangagwa commissions Zimplats 35MW solar plant

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has praised platinum mining giant Zimplats for setting a benchmark in Zimbabwe's mining sector through enhanced production and responsible environmental practices.The President made the remarks today while offi…

Published: 24 Jul 2025 at 09:25hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter

Zimplats advances Zimbabwe's value-addition drive

Zimplats, one of Zimbabwe's leading platinum group metals producers, is making significant progress toward enhancing value addition and beneficiation in the mining sector through the construction of a new refinery. The company has recently…

Published: 09 Dec 2024 at 06:58hrs | 2224 | by Staff reporter

Zimplats narrows down costs

Zimplats narrowed down costs in the quarter to end June although it is still investing in capital projects such as a solar power plant that is due for commissioning and a concentrator project.The South African platinum group metals (PGM) p…

Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 14:06hrs | 858 | by Staff reporter

Mimosa to use Zimplats' Base Metal Refinery

Mimosa Mining Company has entered into an agreement with Zimplats, the country's largest platinum group metal (PGM) producer, to use Zimplats' Base Metal Refinery (BMR) to maximize the nation's PGM benefits.Stephen Ndiyamba, General Manage…

Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 13:12hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter

Zimplats shields US$1,8 billion expansion plan

PLATINUM giant Zimplats says the current cost-cutting initiatives aim to lessen the effect of budget cuts on its growth strategy, which includes a US$1,8 billion expansion programme.The company on Tuesday initiated a voluntary layoff exerc…

Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 08:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimplats imports power directly from Zambia

Zimplats, the country's largest platinum producer, now directly imports up to 70 megawatts from Zambia, ensuring stable operations and potentially boosting production.Last year, Zimplats signed a direct import power agreement with the Zamb…

Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 04:59hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Zimplats in a fix over US$100m deal

Giant mining conglomerate, Zimplats (Private) Limited could cough out over US$100 million to the community in Chegutu, Mhondoro-Ngezi and Zvimba after it allegedly reneged on its 2011 commitment to allot 10% shares under the community shar…

Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 09:10hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Zimplats splurges US$270m on capital projects

Zimplats says it has expended in excess of US$270 million on capital projects in  2022, nearly 70% up on the US$159,1 million spent in the previous year.These include stay-in-business, replacement and expansion projects.In a statement…

Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zimplats lines up second Ngezi concentrator

NGEZI-based platinum miner, Zimplats plans to construct a new concentrator to complement US$520 million worth of green and brownfield projects that have been lined up to replace old shafts and bolster output.The projects include Bimha mine…

Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Innscor, Zimplats fingered in Panama Papers

Another high-profile Zimbabwean company has been named in the Panama Papers for payments and other transactions to directors which are viewed as illegal.The Panama Papers is a tranche of millions of leaked financial documents detailing a t…

Published: 10 May 2016 at 09:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Implats' Zimbabwe empowerment deal boosts Zanu-PF for poll

The capitulation of a major platinum miner to Zimbabwe's demand to hand over a majority stake to local black investors will embolden President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party to pressure other foreign companies ahead of elections expected th…

Published: 14 Mar 2012 at 15:17hrs | | by MacDonald Dzirutwe and Ed Stoddard I Reuters

Mujuru tried to muscle his way into Zimplats because he was running the country

Standard reported that the late retired General Solomon Mujuru tried to muscle his way into Zimplats claiming he was literally running the country. Mujuru is said to have tried to convince the mining firm to choose him as its indigenisatio…

Published: 12 Sep 2011 at 09:38hrs | | by Ndou Paul

Implats CEO David Brown has that tendency as Malema put it

Yesterday we carried a story titled Zimplats not willing to transfers 51 percent to Zimbos: CEO where Impala Platinum, which owns 87 percent of Zimplats and has a 50 percent interest in Zvishavane-based Mimosa Platinum Mine, said it is not…

Published: 26 Aug 2011 at 11:04hrs | 3 | by Ndou Paul

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