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Hwange Colliery sinks US$3,5m in new Equipment

Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) has injected over US$3.5 million into the acquisition of new equipment as part of its ongoing modernisation and turnaround strategy aimed at boosting Zimbabwe's energy security and industrial output.T…

Published: 07 Aug 2025 at 09:41hrs | 164 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF pushes for regional coal, steel union

ZANU-PF is driving an initiative to establish a coal and steel union among former liberation movements in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, aiming to boost economic integration through industrial collaboration.Secre…

Published: 23 Jul 2025 at 09:02hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter

Security firm sues +HIV ex-employee

Seasec Security Company has filed a US$16,000 defamation lawsuit against a former female employee who accused the company of firing her due to her HIV-positive status. The company's secretary, Ms Precious Mambewe, has also lodged a separat…

Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 19:13hrs | 919 | by Staff reporter

Coal mining row erupts in Chipinge

A storm is brewing in Zamuchiya, Ward 23 of Mutema-Musikavanhu constituency in Chipinge, where a mining company, Muzururi Mining Development, is accused of conducting coal exploration operations without the necessary permits and clearances…

Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 19:13hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter

Hwange locals marginalised in coal mining rights

Only three residents from Hwange currently hold mining rights in the coal-rich district of Matabeleland North, raising alarm over the systematic exclusion of locals from the region's lucrative mining sector.This revelation was made by Depu…

Published: 22 Jun 2025 at 09:03hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter

Sibanda calls for ban on road coal transport to revive NRZ

Outspoken Zanu-PF Bulawayo provincial chairperson Jabulani Sibanda has called for a ban on the transportation of coal by road, urging the government to enact laws that protect the ailing National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) and the country'…

Published: 21 Jun 2025 at 14:34hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter

The fight is not to ban coal, says Minister

Zimbabwe's Energy and Power Development Minister, July Moyo, has emphasized that the country's focus should not be on phasing out coal, but rather on finding smarter and cleaner ways to utilize it. Speaking during a visit to Hwange Po…

Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:04hrs | 80 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe set for 300MW coal power plant boost

Zimbabwe's push to strengthen its energy infrastructure has received a significant boost, with independent power producer Huoyuntong Investments (Private) Limited applying to establish a 300-megawatt (MW) coal-fired thermal power plant in …

Published: 20 May 2025 at 09:47hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter

Court orders company to refund US$552,281 to Fidelity Gold Refinery

The High Court has ordered Curechem Overseas to refund US$552,281 to Fidelity Gold Refinery following a dispute over an agreement to supply small-scale miners with gold chemicals. The ruling comes after Fidelity approached the court, citin…

Published: 24 Apr 2025 at 07:29hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter

Ministers woo investment to Matebeleland

Provincial Affairs and Devolution Ministers from Bulawayo, Matebeleland North, and Matebeleland South have urged investors to explore the untapped opportunities in the region, stressing the potential for growth across various sectors, incl…

Published: 24 Apr 2025 at 07:27hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe plans to construct high-rise flats in rural district centres

The Government of Zimbabwe is set to embark on an ambitious plan to construct high-rise flats at rural district centres, with initial construction already underway in Mashonaland East province, according to the Ministry of National Housing…

Published: 24 Apr 2025 at 07:26hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter

ZITF instant driver's licence printing a hit

In a breakthrough for service delivery, hundreds of citizens have received their plastic driver's licences within minutes of passing road tests at the ongoing Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF), marking a dramatic improvement from th…

Published: 24 Apr 2025 at 07:25hrs | 506 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe unveils coal tar project

The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development, in collaboration with the Research Council of Zimbabwe, has launched a groundbreaking initiative aimed at transforming road construction and rehabilitation in Zimbabwe. The innovat…

Published: 24 Apr 2025 at 07:23hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter

Makomo set to bounce back from curatorship

Makomo Resources, one of Zimbabwe's major players in the coal mining sector, is set to emerge from corporate rescue next week after nearly four years under administration.The company, which operates in the northwestern coal fields of the c…

Published: 15 Mar 2025 at 11:58hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter

Chinese coal miner under siege in Hwange

Philcool Investments, owned by Shepherd Tundiya, recently engaged in a contentious seizure of coke valued at over US$500,000 from Hwange Coal Gasification Company (HCGC) in Matabeleland North's Hwange area. This action followed a provision…

Published: 23 Jun 2024 at 10:35hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa ally in US$300,000 coal heist scandal

A WOMAN, who is said to have close links to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his family, is at the centre of an alleged theft scandal involving the seizure of coke worth US$300 000 from the Chinese-run Hwange Coal Gasification Company.Guta…

Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 10:43hrs | 32 | by Tawanda Majoni

Makomo Resources back on its feet

HWANGE-based coal miner, Makomo Resources, has resumed operations after securing a contractor.Makomo, once the country's largest coal miner, went under corporate rescue, a form of bankruptcy protection after running into financial and oper…

Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 06:27hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa to officially commission Binga coal project

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is expected to officially commission the massive Lubu Coking Coal Project in Binga district, which is being undertaken by a British investor, Contango Holdings.The mine started production recently and is one of the tran…

Published: 23 Jun 2023 at 06:30hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

SA steel giant expands imports from Hwange

ARCELORMITTAL of South Africa, one of the world's largest steel producers which imports 70 percent of coke produced in Zimbabwe and manufactures steel used in vehicle manufacturing, construction, rail sections, packaging of beverages and s…

Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 06:34hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe to convert coal to fertiliser

A Zimbabwean government-owned entity, Verify Engineering, is preparing to use locally available coal to develop ammonia-based fertilisers as the country ramps up agricultural productivity."We are going to employ [a] gasification process fo…

Published: 14 May 2023 at 12:42hrs | 33 | by Takudzwa Changadeya

Hwange Colliery engages German firm to help extinguish underground fires

ZIMBABWE'S largest coal mine Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) said Friday it has contracted German-based company DTM to help extinguish underground coal seam fires."DTM is the only company, which offered its services for managing the…

Published: 26 Dec 2021 at 07:44hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Defying global trends, Zimbabwe bets on coal

COAL dust fouls the air in Hwange, a mining town in the Matabeleland North province, about an hour's drive southeast of Victoria Falls. Black smoke and a throat-closing odour saturate the atmosphere.Coal - a blackish-brown sedimentary rock…

Published: 11 May 2021 at 06:39hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

UK firm in talks with Chinese steel giant for Hwange coking coal deal

CONTANGO, the London-listed resources company, is in talks with Afrochine for the supply of coking coal to be produced at Contango's Lubu project in Hwange.A statement by Contango says it is in discussions with the "Zimbabwean subsidiary o…

Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:21hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Shumba Energy plans coal-to-liquid

Botswana's Shumba Energy has formed a joint venture with two Chinese companies to build a coal-to-liquids plant at a cost of between $1,5 billion and $2 billion, CEO Mashale Phumaphi said.Botswana has abundant coal reserves of around 212 b…

Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 15:02hrs | | by Reuters

200 coal miners trapped underground following heavy rains

ABOUT 200 miners were trapped underground while equipment worth thousands of dollars was damaged at Makomo Resources coal mine following heavy floods that hit Hwange district yesterday.Twenty one families and inmates at an Old People's Hom…

Published: 15 Dec 2016 at 05:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

$100m Gwayi project in limbo

CHINA-Africa Sunlight Energy has delayed starting construction of a Gwayi coal mine and residential complex worth $100 million to mid-October after clearing work at the site started late, The Source reported.The two projects are the first …

Published: 25 Sep 2014 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter

Row over establishment of coal mines in Gwayi conservancy area

The Gwayi Valley Intensive Conservation Area has expressed fears that that the establishment of coal mines in the Gwayi area of Matabeleland North will have a negative impact on the the hunting and photographic safaris in the wildlife-rich…

Published: 02 May 2012 at 16:14hrs | | by Ndou Paul

Rio Tinto Offers $3.9 Billion, to Get Mozambique Coal Reserves

Rio Tinto Group, the world's third biggest mining company, offered A$3.9 billion ($3.9 billion) for Australian coking coal developer Riversdale Mining Ltd. to gain reserves in Mozambique as demand rises.Rio offered A$16 a share for Riversd…

Published: 23 Dec 2010 at 05:04hrs | 2 | by Byo24

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