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Zimbabwe
Discontent against electricity grid operator ZESA mounts among miners

Complaints are piling up against ZESA from major mining groups: its network's instability was for some the main factor limiting production in 2021. Caledonia and RioZim are considering bypassing the state-owned company as a result. [...]

Published on 17/05/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Caledonia Mining Corp
Emmerson Mnangagwa
Eskom
Mthuli Ncube
Mugabe
RioZim
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Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority

Zimbabwe
Harare to assess wind power potential

Cameroon's Noubeg Power and Spain's ATI Consultores have jointly won a €1.5m contract.

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Zimbabwe
Hwange Colliery stakes its future on coke

Faced with financial difficulties, the new management of Zimbabwe's largest coal producer, which supplies the country's power stations, is betting on highly profitable coke. Much to the dismay of the power grid operator, who is already worried about its thermal stocks.

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Zimbabwe
Imbroglio over artisanal gold mining at Mugabe's former farm

A dairy tycoon who owns a farm that until 2019 belonged to the late president Robert Mugabe has taken legal action against a scion of a rich Zimbabwean mining family, whom he has accused of illegally extracting gold from his land.

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Zimbabwe
Fearing seizures, Mnangagwa transfers state mining assets to a new entity

ZMDC, the state-owned company that owns the majority of the government's mining portfolio, needs to find more than $400m to compensate aggrieved former business partners.

Subscribers only Mining 11.05.2022

Zimbabwe
Chinese rush on western coal hub has Mnangagwa's blessing

Determined to develop the country's potential as a coal producer before the end of his term, the Zimbabwean leader is working closely with Chinese investors, who have picked up several permits in the region near Hwange.

Subscribers only Mining 27.01.2022

South Africa
As Eskom falters, mining industry struggles to generate its own electricity

Mining companies keen to build their own renewable energy plants have run into a wall of South African red tape and are increasingly frustrated by the shortcomings of the public utility company Eskom, which are affecting the entire sector.

Subscribers only Energy, Mining 14.05.2021

Spotlight | Zimbabwe
Pouroulis family's platinum record in Harare

Emmerson Mnangagwa, who has struggled to find investors to spearhead the country's recovery since stepping into power after Robert Mugabe's fall, is happy to see the Cypriot family Pouroulis making progress in the country. For its part, this entrepreneurial clan [.

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Phoevos Pouroulis (left) and Loucas Pouroulis.

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Ivory Coast
French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Zimbabwe
Discontent against electricity grid operator ZESA mounts among miners

Zimbabwe
Harare to assess wind power potential

Zimbabwe
Hwange Colliery stakes its future on coke

Zimbabwe
Imbroglio over artisanal gold mining at Mugabe's former farm

Zimbabwe
Fearing seizures, Mnangagwa transfers state mining assets to a new entity

Zimbabwe
Chinese rush on western coal hub has Mnangagwa's blessing

South Africa
As Eskom falters, mining industry struggles to generate its own electricity

Spotlight | Zimbabwe
Pouroulis family's platinum record in Harare