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Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country in southern Africa, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the west, Zambia to the north and Mozambique to the east. The capital and largest city is Harare. The country has a population of approximately 15-million people and an economy historically dominated by agriculture, mining and tourism. Zimbabwe is rich in mineral resources, including gold, platinum-group metals, diamonds, coal, chrome and lithium, making mining a cornerstone of export earnings and foreign-currency generation. The currency is the Zimbabwe dollar, though the US dollar and South African rand are widely used in transactions. The government is a presidential republic, with executive power vested in the president. Zimbabwe is a member of the Southern African Development Community, the African Union and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa. The country gained independence from Britain in 1980, transitioning from the former Rhodesia, and has since experienced significant economic and political challenges, including hyperinflation in the late 2000s and ongoing efforts at economic stabilisation and reform.

Zimbabwe News


SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS Implats is increasingly treating sustainability as a strategic business discipline rather than a standalone function
Embedded sustainability betters ESG integration
21st August 2026 By: Nadine Ramdass

Aligned with moving beyond compliance-driven environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting and towards “genuine strategic integration”, platinum group metals (PGMs) producer Impala Platinum... 


Valterra Platinum CEO Craig Miller.
AI helping to develop alloys for use in new applications, Valterra Platinum reports
21st August 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Can you use AI to find new markets for platinum group metals (PGMs)? “The simple answer is yes,” was the reply of Valterra Platinum CEO Craig Miller to Mining Weekly during the latest media... 


Standard Bank and UnionPay Unlock Cross-Border E-Commerce Opportunities for Merchants Across Nine African Markets
Standard Bank and UnionPay Unlock Cross-Border E-Commerce Opportunities for Merchants Across Nine African Markets
19th August 2026

Standard Bank Group and UnionPay International (UPI) have expanded UnionPay e-commerce acceptance across nine African markets, enabling participating merchants to accept secure online payments from... 


A Dwyka employee with a drone
Dwyka, Tharisa partner to create drone pilot training school at Tharisa mine
18th August 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

Dwyka Labs, which is the innovation and training unit of Dwyka Mining Services, and Tharisa Minerals have jointly launched a Drone Academy at the latter’s Tharisa mine, in the North West province.... 


Lithium ore
BMI revises its yearly lithium price forecasts, driven by resilient energy demand
17th August 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

BMI, a Fitch Solutions company, has revised its lithium price forecasts for this year to $20 100/t for mainland Chinese lithium carbonate and $19 600/t for mainland Chinese lithium hydroxide... 


Locomotives produced by Traxtion
South Africa's Traxtion bets on regional rail reforms and mineral boom
17th August 2026 By: Reuters

South African rail services provider Traxtion is positioning itself to profit from a regional mineral boom and sweeping reforms across the continent that are opening up freight rail networks to... 


UN ECA executive secretary Claver Gatete
SADC can be a testing ground for turning African minerals into development – UN ECA
14th August 2026 By: Schalk Burger

Demand for critical energy transition minerals, including cobalt, copper, graphite, lithium, manganese, nickel, platinum group metals (PGMs) and rare earth elements, could more than triple by 2030... 


CATL lithium mine in China
CATL mine’s unclear future clouds China’s nascent lithium market
14th August 2026 By: Bloomberg

A year after Contemporary Amperex Technology’s flagship lithium mine was first shuttered, speculation over its fate is still driving wild price swings, prompting growing concerns among traders and... 


An image of Blanket mine
Caledonia highlights strong second quarter recovery at Blanket
11th August 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Gold miner Caledonia Mining’s second quarter, ended June 30, saw significant operating recovery at its Blanket mine, in Zimbabwe, with production having increased by 18% from the previous quarter... 


Ronald Lamola
Lamola calls for value-added critical minerals industry to drive Africa's industrialisation
7th August 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Africa must seize the global critical minerals opportunity to accelerate industrialisation, create jobs and deepen regional economic integration rather than continue exporting raw materials,... 


Drill core from the Dokwe project
Ariana Resources targets 2028 gold production from rare Zimbabwe greenfield mine
7th August 2026 By: Reuters

London-listed Ariana Resources ARNR.L expects to start producing gold from its greenfield project in Zimbabwe in 2028, the company's managing director Kerim Sener said on Thursday. Ariana's Dokwe... 


Image of Zimbabwe map/flag
Zulu lithium/tantalum project pilot plant, Zimbabwe – update
7th August 2026 By: Sheila Barradas

On July 28, 2026, Premier African Minerals reported that its planned restart of the Zulu plant during July would not proceed. 


60 Years of innovation and reliability in packaging and production
60 Years of innovation and reliability in packaging and production
5th August 2026

“When packaging carries more information, more variants and more risk, reliability is a competitive advantage.” Packaging performance is rarely treated as strategic until something fails: a batch... 


Valterra Platinum CEO Craig Miller.
AI helping to develop alloys for use in new applications, Valterra Platinum reports
3rd August 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Can you use AI to find new markets for platinum group metals (PGMs)? “The simple answer is yes,” was the reply of Valterra Platinum CEO Craig Miller to Mining Weekly during the latest media... 


Impala Platinum's Rustenburg smelter
Strong rand PGM pricing lifts Implats' full-year refined output, sales
31st July 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Platinum group metals miner Impala Platinum (Implats) achieved a marginal increase in its mined platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium and gold (6E) to 3.5-million ounces for the... 


Lithium concentrate being loaded onto a truck
Zimbabwe half-year lithium exports up 230%
31st July 2026 By: Reuters

Zimbabwe exported lithium products worth $782-million in the first six months of 2026, up from $237-million during the same period last year, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said on Thursday. The... 


Sibanye-Stillwater VP Chrome and Base Metals Babsie Crane.
Expansion plans pointing to 75% increase in Sibanye-Stillwater’s chrome volumes
31st July 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Chrome is a growing value contributor to the revenue base of Sibanye-Stillwater’s South Africa platinum group metals (PGM) portfolio, delivering margins, resilience and project support. Chrome has... 


AMSA insists ‘profitability within reach’ after reporting R1.49bn interim loss
AMSA insists ‘profitability within reach’ after reporting R1.49bn interim loss
30th July 2026 By: Terence Creamer

Steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) insists that it is fundamentally stronger than was the case 18 months ago and that “profitability is within reach”, after reporting a headline loss... 


M Bond Pumps mining and industrial logo
Balancing MEPS compliance, motor reliability in underground mining
30th July 2026

Explore how Southern African mines must balance VC 9113 MEPS compliance and IE3 efficiency with electric motor reliability in harsh, underground Acid Mine Drainage environments. 


Premier African Minerals to raise £550 000 for Zim project
Premier African Minerals to raise £550 000 for Zim project
29th July 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

London-listed Premier African Minerals has completed a subscription to raise about £550 000 before expenses through the issue of four-billion new ordinary shares at an issue price of 0.014p apiece.... 


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