MINING & RETAIL

Lafarge to commission new plant

Listed cement maker, Lafarge Zimbabwe will soon commission a new vertical roller mill plant at its Manresa complex as it seeks to double its output, CEO Godfrey Ndugwa has said.The launch of the verti...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 June 2022

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

AfDIS completes US$1m cider plant

Listed spirit and winemaker, African Distillers (AfDIS), has completed the construction of its US$1m ciderfermentation plant as it quickens pace to produce ciders locally, Business Times reported.AfDI...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 June 2022

BUSINESS NEWS

600MW Hwange plant takes shape

WORK on the expansion of the Hwange Power Station Stage 7 and 8 expansion is on track with 26 percent ground work having been covered so far, Sunday Business has learnt.The Government contracted Chine...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 October 2019

MINING & RETAIL

Blanket Mine sets up oxygen plant, recoveries seen at 94%

As part of its investment plans to ramp up production, Canadian based mining firm Caledonia Mining has successfully installed and commissioned a new oxygen plant at its Blanket Mine which is expected ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 October 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Stanbic, SAZ in solar plant deal

FINANCIAL services institution, Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe, has facilitated the construction of a ZAR7 million 190kw solar plant for Standards Association of Zimbabwe (SAZ) as part of interventions to aid ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 July 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

New drug plant for Zimbabwe

A new pharmaceutical manufacturing plant is set to be constructed in Mt Hampden, about 20km north-west of Harare, in a development expected to cut reliance on foreign drugs and create more jobs for ci...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 July 2019

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Batoka power plant construction set for next year

Zambia and Zimbabwe will start building the 2 400MW Batoka Gorge hydropower plant next year, a company jointly owned by the two governments said yesterday. The Batoka project involves construction of ...

By Reuters | Published: 03 July 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

China's Tsingshan expands plans for Zimbabwe steel plant

China's Tsingshan Holding Group has expanded its plans for a steel plant in Zimbabwe to include a power plant and a lithium concession, Zimbabwe's Mines Minister Winston Chitando said on Tuesday.Presi...

By Reuters | Published: 24 April 2019

MINING & RETAIL

Zimbabwe seals $5 billion deal for new steel plant

GOVERNMENT yesterday signed an investment deal worth more than $5 billion with a Chinese steel manufacturing giant, Tsingshan, for the setting up of a new steel plant in Mvuma and to bankroll a number...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 April 2019

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Car assembly plant for Kwekwe

A ZIMBABWEAN businessman, Dr Devine Mafa, who is based in the United States of America, has partnered with an unnamed international car manufacturer to set up a vehicle assembly plant in Kwekwe. In an...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 February 2019

MINING & RETAIL

Kamativi starts work on refinery plant

Kamativi Tailings Company says it will commence civil works at its plant site in Matabeleland North after the company concluded a $9,5 million offtake arrangement with a Swiss-based commodity trader, ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 January 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Natfoods re-opens Mutare milling plant

National Foods Limited will this week re-open its Mutare maize milling plant as it seeks to meet the growing demand of maize meal, a senior official said yesterday. The plant with capacity to mill 9 4...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 January 2019

MINING & RETAIL

Mnangagwa to commission $62m Unki processing plant

President Mnangagwa is expected to commission Shurugwi-based Anglo-American platinum miners, Unki Mine's $62 million platinum processing plant next month. Construction of the plant began in 2016 an...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 December 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Delta shuts soft drink plants

ZIMBABWE is headed for a dry festive season as stocks of soft drinks are expected to run out after Delta beverages shut down its plants citing inadequate foreign currency to keep them running.Delta, t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 December 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Indian firm to set up $40 million textile plant in Bulawayo

ONE of India's biggest and international acclaimed textile firms Shreejikrupa Spinners is considering investing over $40 million towards setting up a plant in Bulawayo soon.Industry and Commerce Deput...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 December 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Mnangagwa commissions diamond mining plant

President Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned a Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) crushing plant here, marking the country's transition from alluvial to conglomerate diamond mining as he warne...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 December 2018

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Over 19 000ha tobacco planted

At least 19 265 hectares of land  have so far been put under tobacco during the 2018 /19 summer cropping  season, up from 18 396 hectares that had been planted during the same period last ye...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 December 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Mnangagwa launches hightech ferrochrome plant

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday launched one of the country's most advanced technological chrome processing plants as the new administration continues to launch multi-million dollar projects to...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 July 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Mnangagwa signs deal to reopen steel plant in Masvingo

President Emmerson Mnangagwa says the re-opening and expansion of a steel plant in Masvingo will promote value addition and create employment.He said in Harare this evening during at a signing ceremon...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Delta to invest $250m in Zimbabwe plants

Foreign direct investment (FDI) continues to firm under the new administration as Delta Corporation commits to invest a quarter of a billion in its local plants over the next five years.The beverage m...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Modi plans smartphone, laptop assembly plant

PROMINENT Bulawayo businessman Mr Raj Modi plans to set up a smartphone and laptop assembly plant in Bulawayo over the next six months.The proposed investment is expected to employ about 500 people. M...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 July 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Bulawayo tomato paste plant starts operations

SONDELANI Ranching has launched its $2 million state-of-the-art tomato processing plant for the production of tomato paste in Bulawayo.Turning Matabeleland Green co-director Reverend Patson Netha said...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Nyambirai sinks $3m into beverage plant

TN Holdings has invested about $3 million in building a new factory for Mahewu and Mr Juicy as the diversified group seeks to grow its market in the beverages sector.The group's founder Tawanda Nyambi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

PepsiCo mulls Zim snack plant

AMERICAN conglomerate PepsiCo is looking at Zimbabwe among three other countries in the region to set up a snack plant.Speaking to NewsDay after the launch of the Pepsi plant under Varun Beverages Zim...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Bulawayo to get $15m gas plant

A LEADING Chinese gas manufacturer, Chingases Company Limited, plans to set up a $15 million plant in Bulawayo under the Special Economic Zones (SEZs).The company, which is presently operating in Zamb...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 June 2018
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