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State Power utility, Zesa Holdings, may be forced to stop generation at the Kariba Hydroelectric Plant as water levels have plummeted to critical levels, Business Weekly can reveal. This publication also recently carried a story of...

Dorowa Minerals, a primary producer of phosphate concentrates in Zimbabwe, plans to diversify into magnetite production to boost its revenue base, an official has said. Magnetite is a rock mineral and one of the main iron ores...

SUBDUED power generation at Hwange Power Station is contributing to prolonged load shedding as only four units out of six are operating, general manager for the plant, Engineer Arnold Chivurayise, has said.He told Energy and Power...

On Monday, Zimbabwe unveiled a strategic roadmap to propel the country’s mining sector to US$12 billion industry by 2023. Already, the mining sector is the largest foreign currency earner, accounting for 70 percent of export receipts.The...

Hwange Thermal Power Station, the country’s second largest power plant, is operating with critically low stocks of coal due to low supplies from the miners amid fears the situation will impact already depressed power production.The coal...

THE Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) says Hwange Power Station is now generating an average 500 megawatts per day after the refurbishment of unit 5, easing electricity shortages in the country following months of acute outages.Before the...

Government is working on various policies to ensure sustainable electricity supply in the long-term after securing a deal from Mozambique’s Hydroelectrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB) of Mozambique for the supply of 100MW.This came out during the...

PREMIER African Minerals will soon meet the Mining Affairs Board over the company’s application for an Exclusive Prospecting Order (EPO) at its Zulu Lithium and Tantalite project in Matabeleland South province.The Zimbabwe-focused and diversified mining group,...

Power decentralization is a major approach that the Zimbabwean government should consider so as to desist from heavily depending on SAPP for power imports whilst it has the capability of generating surplus power, rather expenditures must...

The mining sector in Zimbabwe has been predicted to be the economic resuscitator of the once giant economy in Africa.By Rudairo Dickson MapurangaThe president of Zimbabwe is optimistic that the mining sector will take a leading...

Zimbabwe is richly endowed with 60 different economically exploitable mineral resources including gold, diamonds, platinum group of metals (PGM), Lithium and graphite among others.Beneficiation and value addition of minerals before export is one of the four...

ZIMBABWE last week lost 160 Megawatts of power after one of the only reliable generation station Hwange Unit Five went down, further crippling power supply at a time authorities are battling to secure more imports from...