Zimbabwe’s lithium sector generated US$746 million in export earnings during the first half of 2026, underlining the mineral’s growing contribution to the country’s export revenues and the gradual expansion of local mineral.
Zimbabwe’s State-owned railway company said on Tuesday its collaboration with private operators now provides capacity to haul lithium concentrate to Maputo port in Mozambique by rail, expanding logistics options for the battery.
Gold miner Caledonia Mining produced 17 360 oz of gold from its Blanket mine, in Zimbabwe, in the quarter ended June 30, an 18% increase from the 14 767 oz produced in.
ZIMBABWE’S gold export earnings surged to a record US$3.071bn during the first five months of 2026, nearly tripling the US$1.154bn recorded over the corresponding period last year, driven by soaring international bullion.
Zimbabwe’s Mining Cadastre Management Information System is set to transform the country’s mining rights regime by replacing its long-standing paper-based administration with a transparent, efficient and technology-driven platform designed to strengthen governance,.
CHINESE investors now control more than 80% of Zimbabwe’s lithium production, entrenching Beijing at the centre of the country’s lithium boom as a price crash wipes out jobs and exposes the sector’s.
Zimbabwe will stick to the 2027 deadline for lithium producers to set up beneficiation plants, with those unable to do so encouraged to sign tolling agreements with companies that have the processing.
THE Constitutional Court has upheld a High Court ruling declaring section 28(2) of the Reconstruction of State-Indebted Insolvent Companies Act unconstitutional, clearing the way for 27 former Shabani Mashava Mines (SMM) employees.
Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) says it has overcome major production constraints and now has the capacity to produce up to 15 million tonnes of coal annually, but the company faces a.
Zimbabwe is considering using its vast natural resources to fund road and railway construction projects with China, finance minister Mthuli Ncube said on Wednesday.
The southern African nation, Africa’s top lithium producer, has.
