INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Government retires Ziscosteel board

DEFUNCT steel manufacturer, Ziscosteel, is set to get a new board of directors after Government retired the entire old board that had been in office for more than a decade. Industry and Commerce Minis...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 June 2019

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Ziscosteel requires $1bn to kickstart operations

PARLIAMENT has recommended that the country's rail system should be repaired to enable transportation of coal supplies to companies such as Ziscosteel.This came out in a report on Ziscosteel which was...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 June 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Ziscosteel sale awaits shareholder approval

Shareholders of the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Ziscosteel), will hold an extraordinary general meeting on June 28, to approve a transaction that will see the steelmaker's assets sold to Chinese ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Mnangagwa assents to Ziscosteel Bill

President Mnangagwa has assented to the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel (Debt Assumption) Bill enabling Government to take over its approximately $500 million debt it owes to various local and foreign credito...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 May 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Chinese billionaire back for Ziscosteel deal

CHINESE investor, Zhang Li, who is president of R&FA is in Zimbabwe to finalise the implementation of a $1 billion resuscitation of the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Ziscosteel), Southern Eye h...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 March 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Ziscosteel needs $1bn to kick start

Ziscosteel requires at least $1billion to restart operations following its closure about 10 years ago while the new investor will need 18 to 24 months to restructure and reconstruct blast furnaces bef...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 March 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Mnangagwa vows to resuscitate Ziscosteel

Government is working on modalities to resurrect the "sleeping" iron and steel giant Ziscosteel within the first 100 days of Emmerson Mnangagwa's presidency.Addressing chiefs in the Midlands capital, ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 January 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Ziscosteel revival hope

KWEKWE and Redcliff residents are optimistic that the incoming President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, would spearhead the revival of Ziscosteel and bring the two towns back to life.Redcliff Mayor Councillor F...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 November 2017

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Ex-Zisco employees' future hangs in the balance

THE future of former Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Zisco Steel) workers is hanging by a thread after the Government announced that it will not be part of the recruitment process in the new deal wit...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 September 2017

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Ziscosteel, Chinese firm agreement will not collapse

THE Government has given assurance that the $1 billion Zisco/R and F Company resuscitation deal will not collapse as due diligence procedures were done before the winning bidder was selected.Industry ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 August 2017

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Delight as govt seals Ziscosteel revival deal

The plan to revive operations at the largest integrated steel plant, Ziscosteel, has been touted as an investment milestone which is strategic in the economic turnaround of the country.The visit by th...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 August 2017

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Zimbabwe secures $1 billion for Zisco revival

THE Government has secured a $1 billion investment for the revival of the country's largest steel maker, the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Ziscosteel), from a Chinese company, that will see one mil...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 August 2017

MINING & RETAIL

New Ziscosteel deal nears finalisation

The government is on the verge of striking a deal with some foreign investors that will see the revival of Ziscosteel.Addressing delegates during a Round Table Ministerial Conference in Bulawayo, the ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 July 2017

MINING & RETAIL

New ZimSteel on path to recovery, says government

The Zimbabwe government on Wednesday called for patience as modalities for re-opening of the defunct Kwekwe based steelmaker, New Zim Steel (formerly Ziscosteel) are being worked out.Deputy Industry a...

By New Ziana | Published: 20 March 2014

MINING & RETAIL

Govt seeks loan to pay Ziscosteel debt

The government has assured Essar Africa that it will secure a loan to pay off Ziscosteel's $200 million domestic debt to accelerate resumption of work at the fallen steel giant.The government inherite...

By Staff reporter | Published: 17 March 2014

MINING & RETAIL

Ziscosteel reopening differed

The re-opening of NewZim Steel - formerly Ziscosteel - has been postponed due to extensive refurbishments taking place at the plant, Industry minister Mike Bimha has said. Bimha, who could not give sp...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 February 2014

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Zim to establish an additional steel plant

One of the resolutions from the 2013 Zanu-PF Annual National People's Conference on promoting mineral beneficiation and value addition is to priorities the operationalisation of New ZimSteel and engag...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 December 2013

MINING & RETAIL

'Ziscosteel progressing towards re-opening,' says Bimha

Government is making progress to ensure that the New Zim Steel (formerly Ziscosteel) is operational by end of year, Industry and Commerce Minister Mike Bimha said yesterday.Minister Bimha was respondi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 October 2013

MINING & RETAIL

Ziscosteel disposal to Essar is on track

ACQUISITION of controlling shareholding in Ziscosteel by Mauritius based Essar Holdings will be expedited now that President Mugabe has appointed Cabinet, newly appointed Industry and Commerce Minist...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 September 2013

MINING & RETAIL

Essar Africa and Zimbabwe government seal Ziscosteel deal

Essar Africa Holdings Ltd has entered into "definitive" agreements with the Zimbabwean government to revive the old Ziscosteel plant and develop an iron ore beneficiation plant in the country, busines...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 September 2013
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