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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 | 139 | 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 | | 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

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 | | 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 | | 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

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 | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zimplats should be serious

Editor,It is a fascinating paradox to hear that a major underground mine has collapsed in Ngezi at a time we are busy advocating for the implementation of the country's economic blueprint , Zim Asset. It comes as a way of sabotage being pr…

Published: 30 Jul 2014 at 14:14hrs | 1 | by Sewart Murewa

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

Indigenisation: Zimbabwe has much to lose as Implats

WITH the final countdown underway on the Zimbabwe indigenisation saga, Brendan Ryan who writes for miningmx and hold shares in Impala Platinum says, let's take a hard look at what's at stake come November 15 when Zimplats is due to submit …

Published: 12 Oct 2011 at 10:28hrs | | by Brendan Ryan

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

Cancellation of Zimplats license is totally unacceptable

The cancellation or threat to annul Zimplats' operating licence by the Youth, Indigenisation and Empowerment Minister, Saviour Kasukuwere, is totally unacceptable. As Mavambo.Kusile.Dawn (MKD) we demand that the information pertaining to t…

Published: 12 Sep 2011 at 06:08hrs | | by Silver Bhebe

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 | | by Ndou Paul

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