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Zimbabwe’s State power utility ZESA aims to more than double national grid capacity by 2025 to respond to increased demand from the mining sector, its chief executive said last week. The country currently has a generating capacity of 2 000 MW but is only producing 1 400 MW due to regular breakdowns at its thermal […]

Sandawana Mine was once one of the world’s largest emerald mines, but it shut down years ago after production collapsed and it lost markets. Now, Kuvimba Mining House wants to reopen the mine, this time as a lithium producer. The abandoned mine, once owned by Rio Tinto, was last year the scene of a rush […]

ZESA Holdings chief executive Howard Choga has said the power utility aims to more than double national grid capacity by 2025 to meet increasing demand mainly driven by the mining industry. Addressing a mining conference on Thursday in Victoria Falls, Choga said that ZESA expects to add 2 300 MW to the grid by 2025. Reuters quoted Choga […]

ZIMBABWE’S mining sector will require in excess of 2 000 megawatts (MW) of electricity in the next three to four years, up 344% compared to current needs, as industry expands. A surge of new mining projects in Zimbabwe, encouraged by a government keen to raise more export revenues, is leading to a rapid increase in […]

AN environmental catastrophe looms in Kwekwe, a gold mining city about 200km southwest of Harare, where properties are being swallowed by mine tunnels underneath them. Unregulated exploration by artisanal miners commonly referred to as ‘makorokoza’ at the gold-rich Globe and Phoenix Mine situated in the heart of the city is causing gaping holes that environmentalists […]

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 projects at different development stages. These include Arcadia Lithium Mine, Sabi Star Lithium, Zulu Lithium Project, Step Aside Lithium Project, Mirrorplex Lithium Project, Kamativi Lithium Project, Mutoko Lithium Private […]

Invictus Energy has accepted US$1,7 million in over subscriptions after the company successfully raised US$8,2 million in their Share Placement Plan (SPP). Initially the company set out to raise US$6,4 million. Invictus is an independent upstream oil and gas company headquartered and listed on the Australian Securities Exchange with offices in Harare. Recently, Invictus confirmed […]

Zimbabwe wants lithium miners operating in the country to work towards producing battery-grade lithium locally and could impose a tax on exports of lithium concentrate in future, Mines Minister Winston Chitando said on Wednesday. The country holds significant reserves of lithium, a battery mineral which is vital to the global drive towards cleaner energy technologies, […]

A family from Kwekwe, Midlands Province, narrowly escaped death after part of their house collapsed into an underground mining tunnel underneath the house. The Chronicle reported that the Rusike family has been unknowingly living on top of a huge mining tunnel for years. The family detected some noises due to mining activities underground and vacated […]