{"id":5958,"date":"2024-02-19T08:55:54","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T08:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testdomainzimweb.info\/?p=5958"},"modified":"2024-02-19T08:55:54","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T08:55:54","slug":"mining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.testdomain11.gov.zw\/?p=5958","title":{"rendered":"Mining"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zimbabwe has vast mineral resources , with over 60 different minerals \u00a0throughout the country. The country\u2019s rich mineral resource base holds gold, precious stones, other gemstones, base metals and energy minerals. The mineral resource base presents lucrative opportunities for exploration, mining and beneficiation. Mineral exports account for over 50% of the country\u2019s foreign export earnings. The sector contributes about 16% to the GDP.<\/p>\n

The Great Dyke hosts the world\u2019s second largest reserves of platinum group metals (PGM). The country has more than 4 000 recorded gold deposits, 90% of which are associated with greenstone belts that are some of the richest in the world. The country also has the largest chrome ore resources in the world.<\/p>\n

The country presents vast opportunities in the diamond sector, from mining to value addition and beneficiation. It is estimated that Zimbabwe has 25% of the world\u2019s diamond reserves.<\/p>\n

Zimbabwe is estimated to have more than 20 Trillion Cubic Feet (TFC) of quality Coal Bed Methane available for exploration and production.<\/p>\n

There are an estimated over 26 billion tonnes of coal reserves. The Hwange area has large reserves of both coking and thermal coal.<\/p>\n

The country currently exports about 166 000 cubic metres of raw granite per annum.<\/p>\n

Investment Opportunities in The Mining Sector<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY<\/strong><\/td>\nMINERAL OCCURANCE<\/strong><\/td>\nINDUSTRY<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mineral Exploration and Extraction<\/td>\nGold, Coal, Coal-Bed Methane, Chrome, Black Granite, Diamonds<\/td>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New Project Development\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Resuscitation of closed mines and recapitalization of Lithium and Nickel mines<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Value Addition<\/td>\nLithium<\/td>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lithium chemicals\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lithium Batteries<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLimestone<\/td>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cement<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nGold<\/td>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jewellery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBlack Granite<\/td>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Construction Industry\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dimensional Stone Polishing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDiamondGemstones and semi-precious stones<\/td>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cutting and Polishing\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jewellery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIron Ore, Nickel and Chrome<\/td>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Steel mnufacturing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCoal<\/td>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Conversion of coal to liquid fuel\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Electricity generation for domestic consumption and export<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cement and brick manufacturing (using ash from combusted coal)<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fertilizer manufacturing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\nPhosphate and Coal Bed Methane<\/td>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fertilizer manufacturing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPlatinum<\/td>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Platinum refinery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nChrome ore<\/td>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chrome ore processing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIron and Steel<\/td>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Resuscitation of ZISCOSTEEL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

MINISTRY OF MINES AND MINING DEVELOPMENT<\/a><\/p>\n

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES PROSPECTUS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Zimbabwe has vast mineral resources , with over 60 different minerals \u00a0throughout the country. The country\u2019s rich mineral resource base holds gold, precious stones, other gemstones, base metals and energy minerals. The mineral resource base presents lucrative opportunities for exploration, mining and beneficiation. Mineral exports account for over 50% of the country\u2019s foreign export earnings. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-priority-areas"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.testdomain11.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.testdomain11.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.testdomain11.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.testdomain11.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.testdomain11.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5958"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.testdomain11.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5959,"href":"https:\/\/www.testdomain11.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5958\/revisions\/5959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.testdomain11.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.testdomain11.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.testdomain11.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}