If you’ve driven down the Airport Road recently you’re bound to have seen the new car sales showroom (at 31 Airport Road) with its eye-catching red, black, and glass façade. The iconic modern building is the new headquarters for the Grand Auto Body Shop and BYD’s electric vehicle showroom. It’s also home to BYD’s solar
Construction works at the Zimbabwe ZhongXin Electric Energy (ZZEE) power plant in Hwange, Matabeleland North province is 98 percent complete with the 300MW project expected to produce 50MW under the first phase. ZZEE is a subsidiary of the Zimbabwe ZhongXin Coking Company (ZZCC), a joint venture project between Qualisave Mineral Resources of Zimbabwe and Yuxia
Zimbabwe’s prospects of becoming a major supplier of lithium, a critical raw material for modern batteries, inched closer yesterday with the commissioning of a pilot plant at Arcadia Lithium Mine near Harare. Australia-listed Prospect Resources, which secured a long-term off-take partner for Arcadia with Sibelco of Belgium, has been moving forward with its mining venture
Work continues at Hwange Thermal Power Station to bring up Zimbabwe’s generating capacity with progress on the two new units, seven and eight, that will add 600MW still on course and work being done on the six existing units to ensure they can deliver their designed 920MW, rather than the half output. Zimbabwe has seen
A new plastic waste recycling plant has been established in Bulawayo following a US$200 000 investment by Chasdiel Investment. The company has procured state-of-the-art equipment and will be producing more than 32 000 carrier bags per day from plastic waste. Located in the Westondale industrial area along Khami Road, the project has excited environmentalists who
TMC Steel and Aluminium Structures is a subsidiary of Stallion Trailblazer (Pvt) Ltd. While Stallion Trailblazer specialises in extensions and renovations for homes and offices (including roofs, decks, brick work and plumbing) TMC Steel and Aluminium Structures, as the name suggests, specialise in the manufacturing and installation of steel and aluminium doors, windows, shower cubicles,
The Hwange Thermal Power Station expansion project closed the first quarter at 62,54 percent completion after being negatively affected by interim payment certificate delays and the Covid-19 pandemic. The expansion programme entails the addition of Units 7 and 8 with each unit expected to generate 300MW. In a latest update for the first quarter, the
According to officials of the Canadian company Caledonia Mining Corporation, the French company will start construction of a solar photovoltaic power plant at the Blanket gold mine in the second half of 2021. The plant will have a capacity of 19.65 MWp with an investment of $13 million. Following the visit of Winston Chitando, the
The construction, manufacturing and mining sub-sectors whose performances have been on an upward trajectory in the last three years, are set to receive a major boost through Hilti Zimbabwe’s merger with Lighting World, which has seen the tools firm recently opening a US$50 000 repair centre. Riding on the Liechtenstein multinational, Hilti Corporation’s 80
PPC Zimbabwe managing director, Kelibone Masiyane said on Thursday that the country’s largest cement maker had invested almost US$120 million across its Zimbabwean operations to ramp up production. The firm operates a clinker plant at Colleen Bawn near Gwanda and cement milling plants in Harare and Bulawayo. Masiyane projected a robust economic rebound, which will
