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Zimbabwe miners propose royalties linked to metal prices
Zimbabwe's Chamber of Mines has put forward a proposal to the Ministry of Finance suggesting that royalty payments be linked to the market prices of metals, including lithium and platinum group metals...Published: 16 Nov 2024 at 14:27hrs | 100 | by Staff reporter
China mining firms partner with Zimbabwe on lithium mine
Chinese miners Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. and Tsingshan Holding Group Co. are defying low lithium prices to develop a deposit of the battery metal with a Zimbabwean state company.The two firms...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 13:56hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's lithium gambit: Navigating China-US rivalry
Lithium is Zimbabwe's third-largest mineral export after gold and platinum group of metals, bringing in US$2,46 billion and US$2,27 billion, respectively, in 2023.AS the world is going through...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 08:17hrs | 249 | by Samir Bhattacharya
Mnangagwa to commission Kamativi Mine
As Zimbabwe showcases strength in lithium reserves, the largest in Africa, attention is drawn to Kamativi in Hwange District, Matebeleland North Province, where President Mnangagwa is tomorrow expecte...Published: 11 Apr 2024 at 08:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kuvimba hits jackpot with Sandawana lithium find
THE Sandawana Mines, which is controlled by Kuvimba Mining House, is sitting on an estimated 100 million tonnes of lithium resource, making it one of the biggest lithium assets in the world.Li...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 09:24hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lithium export earnings treble as projects take off
Zimbabwe earned US$209 million from lithium exports in the first nine months of 2023, nearly treble last year's earnings, Mines Minister Zhemu Soda said on Wednesday, as Chinese-driven mining and proc...Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 11:42hrs | 14 | 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 | 23 | by Staff reporter
U.S. falling behind China in Africa's lithium industry?
THE demand for lithium is rising as it has become a critical component needed in electric vehicle batteries.In 2021, the world produced 540 thousand metric tons of lithium and by 2030 the Worl...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 06:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Moti dismisses claims lithium mine is 'just rock', insists value is up to $1.4billion
SOUTH AFRICAN businessman Zunaid Moti has responded to a recent investigation by the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and amaBhungane that revealed a Zimbabwean lithium project...Published: 22 Sep 2023 at 23:48hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
US$1,4bn lithium project for Mutoko
South African conglomerate, the Moti Group is forging ahead with its planned lithium project at its 10 000-hectare site in Mutoko, Zimbabwe after receiving promising valuations on the venture's long-t...Published: 22 Sep 2023 at 06:20hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lithium discovery excites UK miner
UNITED KINGDOM-BASED Galileo Resources says the lithium discovery at Kamativi has given it much "encouragement and provided the impetus" to increase drilling.The firm has interests in Zimbabwe's B...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Canadian lithium firm unearths evidence of large deposits in Zimbabwe
CANADA-based lithium exploration and development company, Li3 Lithium Corporation, has announced the discovery of lithium mineralisation on a 1,2 kilometre stretch at Nels Luck pegmatite target, durin...Published: 22 Aug 2023 at 06:21hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe poised to be fifth largest lithium producer
Zimbabwe is poised to be the world's fifth largest primary producer of lithium by 2025 taking advantage of the several massive investments worth almost a combined $1 billion injected in the past two y...Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 06:47hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Bikita Minerals launches 2 giant plants
BIKITA Minerals, a lithium miner owned by Chinese firm Sinomine Resource Group, has completed and officially commenced trial productions on its two plants - gravity separation and flotation - at a cos...Published: 11 Jul 2023 at 07:40hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
China intensifies lithium interest in Zimbabwe
CHINA has accounted for more than half of investment licences issued by Zimbabwean authorities during the first quarter of the year amid a boom in global demand for lithium as commercial and domestic ...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 14:25hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commissions US$300 million lithium project
THE adoption of a rapid results approach by the Second Republic was on display yesterday as President Mnangagwa commissioned a US$300 million-lithium plant that was constructed in a record nine months...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 08:20hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe urges unity among lithium miners
GOVERNMENT has called on lithium players to work together to establish value-addition plants for lithium concentrates.Currently there are around eight different lithium exploration and mining ...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 06:53hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Ndebele cultural champion envisions inclusive development
NKOSANA, a cherished member of his community, embraces his Ndebele heritage and wholeheartedly participates in cultural events. He understands the importance of his roots and acknowledges that his upb...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe presses miners to produce battery-grade lithium locally
Employees charge lithium ion batteries for a Hamba electric motorcycle at a solar-powered recharging station in Wedza, Zimbabwe, 22 May 2020. Picture taken May 22, 2020. REUTERS/MacDonald Dzirutwe...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 06:51hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Gold panners wreak havoc in Matebeleland South
CHIEF Jahana of Matebeleland South province has expressed concern over illegal gold miners who are terrorising villagers in the province.In an interview with Southern Eye recently, the traditi...Published: 24 Apr 2023 at 07:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
UK miner discovers rare earth elements at Kamativi
London Stock Exchange-listed mining outfit, Galileo Resources says its claims at Kamativi could contain more minerals, including lithium, tin and rare earth elements.Galileo said it had found ...Published: 14 Apr 2023 at 19:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa expected to attend Zulu Lithium plant official opening
DIVERSIFIED mining group, Premier African Minerals Chief executive officer, Mr George Roach says Government is delighted with rapid progress at the Zulu Lithium plant in Fort Rixon coupled with height...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 06:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime sees lithium as Zimbabwe's get-out-of-jail card
High demand for minerals in lithium, driven by ion batteries for electric vehicles and other green technologies, may be Zimbabwe's sanctions get-out-of-jail card — or a get-rich-quick card for Zanu-...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 07:50hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
LITHIUM is fast becoming the new resource curse in Zimbabwe.
Government has already made it a strategic mineral considering its high-end socio-economic and national defense value.On the African scale, Zimbabwe is considered to hold the largest lithium d...Published: 12 Mar 2023 at 06:47hrs | 2 | by Tawanda Majoni
Chinese billionaire's time in Zimbabwe
WHILE the world of the ultra-rich may be brimming with private jets, rarely do billionaires find time to fly just to check on their massive global investments dotted around several parts of the planet...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lithium project gains traction
THE construction of a multi-million US dollar world class lithium mining plant, which seeks to feed into the future of electric vehicle manufacturing, is gaining momentum in Fort Rixon, Matabeleland S...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 05:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
UK company increases stake in Zimbabwe mining projects
LONDON based opportunity driven firm, Galileo Resources Plc, has increased its stake in BC Ventures, which holds lithium and gold projects in the South West part of Zimbabwe.The transaction fo...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mining surpasses US$5 billion
Zimbabwe's mining sector is registering unprecedented growth, for the first time in history, with earnings jumping to US$5,2 billion in 2021 from about US$2,9 billion in 2017, as positive gains contin...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says military ready to deal with Zimbabwe's detractors or their puppets
ZIMBABWE will not brook any evil machinations meant to weaken the country's State security sector which is ever ready to deal with any mischief from either the country's detractors or their puppets po...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 07:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to commission US$300m lithium project
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will today preside over the ground breaking ceremony of a US$300 million spodumene project at Bikita Minerals that will ramp up lithium production and extend the life of Zimbabwe's...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe holds Africa's largest lithium reserves
Zimbabwe holds Africa's largest lithium reserves, the fifth-largest globally, with its province of Masvingo home to the Bikita mine - site of the world's largest-known deposit of the metal at around 1...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 19:33hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe commemorates Africa Day
As Zimbabwe joins the rest of the continent today in commemorating Africa Day, Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) chairman Christopher Mutsvangwa has reprimanded regime cha...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
UK firm seeks US$16m for Zimbabwe lithium mine
PREMIER African Minerals Limited, which owns a lithium and tantalum operation in Matabeleland South Province, has completed an agreement with investors to raise £12 million (US$15,7m) the firm needs ...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lithium rush takes Zimbabwe by storm
Three Chinese energy firms have snapped up controlling equity in Zimbabwean lithium mines over the past four months, as the world's biggest electric vehicles market takes a strategic position in Afric...Published: 24 Mar 2022 at 05:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's governance attributed for Zimbabwe lithium exploration success
ASX-listed battery metals project developer Prospect Resources attributes its current success, especially in Zimbabwe, to a "resurgence" of that country's governance and "open for business" mining sec...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Exploration unlocks more lithium resource in Insiza
AIM-listed Premier African Minerals, which is developing the Zulu lithium and tantalum project in Insiza District, Matabeleland South province, has reported new intersections of lithium and tantalum....Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZMDC begins exploration works at Kamativi Mine
THE Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) has commenced exploration works at Kamativi Mine in Matabeleland North province and hopes to complete the programme in December.Kamativi, formerl...Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's lithium project gathers momentum
The Arcadia Lithium Project (ALP) - which was commissioned early this year - has begun shipments of technical grade bulk samples for product qualification to offtake partners in Europe as the project ...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 19:10hrs | 1 | by Business reporter
Prospect Resources makes new Zimbabwe find
AUSTRALIA-listed mining concern, Prospect Resources, has identified two significantly sized rare earth elements (REE) anomalies at its Chishanya Carbonatite Project in south-eastern Zimbabwe the Dorow...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:29hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Rare earth minerals find 'encouraging'
LITHIUM miner Prospect Resources says preliminary results undertaken from a soil sampling process focusing on rare earth elements (REEs) recently at Chishanya in the southeast of Zimbabwe, are encoura...Published: 14 May 2021 at 07:29hrs | 12 | by Staff Reporter
Prospect Resources not concerned about Zimbabwe sovereign risk
Prospect Resources says it will forge ahead with its Arcadia Lithium project in Zimbabwe despite the country's risk profile and has put in place measures to minimise potential impact of the sovereign ...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prospect sells Zimbabwe gold asset
AFRICAN lithium developer, Prospect Resources Ltd (Prospect) has sold its Penhalonga gold project in Zimbabwe to Luzich Resources Africa for US$1 million.In a statement, Prospect said it had e...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:17hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe 'frustrates' lithium giant
PREMIER African Minerals Limited is now considering diversifying its exploration portfolio and identifying revenue-generating assets following the government's delay to grant it an exclusive prospecti...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
World lithium deficit a boon for Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE is among major lithium producers that may draw significant benefits from firm global prices and high demand for the precious mineral due to expected supply deficit projected to start in two y...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lithium mine secures power supply
Prospect Resources has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with African Continental Minerals (ACM) for the supply of power to the Arcadia lithium project and is exploring imports from the regio...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 07:05hrs | 3 | by newZWire
Zimbabwe poised for high lithium export dividends
Zimbabwe is primed to draw significant benefits from one of its lithium assets after an independent market report for the country's brightest lithium project, Arcadia, certified the mineral as premium...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: President Mnangagwa's full Independence speech
President Emmerson Mnangagwa today delivered his first Independent speech at the national Sports Stadium. In the speech Mnangagwa paid tribute to the victims of Cyclone Idai both from Zimbabwe...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 20:41hrs | 19 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Light imminent for Zim
The 26th of August will forever be in the history books of the Zimbabwean coffers as it marked a "new dawn" under a "new regime."Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa was inaugurated the second executive pr...Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 16:01hrs | 1 | by Daniel Itai
MPs, Senators out of provincial councils
THE concept of devolution being pursued by the Government will ensure that all 10 provinces in the country become enjoined with their districts and communities becoming active lead actors in the creat...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 12:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Devolution: Laying ground for provincial economies
The 2019 Budget Statement allocates US$310 million for provincial and local tiers.This fulfils our promise to the electorate to uphold and implement Chapter 14 of our Constitution, which enjoi...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 10:15hrs | | by E D Mnangagwa
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