MINING & RETAIL

Zimbabwe mining indaba for Cape Town

FINANCE minister Patrick Chinamasa and his Mines counterpart, Winston Chitando, are headed to South Africa for a mines indaba set for Tuesday in Cape Town, as the country is aggressively searching for...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 February 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Kingstons liquidation lifted

GOVERNMENT-OWNED stationery retailer Kingstons Holdings could soon face an avalanche of lawsuits and writs of execution after the High Court revoked its provisional liquidation status.Kingstons was pl...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 February 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Zimbabwe mining sector needs $780m

ZIMBABWE'S mining sector requires an estimated US$777 million to sustain operations and ramp up production this year, businessdigest has learnt.By September last year, local finance houses had extende...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 February 2018

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

New trains for NRZ

THE framework agreement of the National Railways of Zimbabwe's (NRZ) US$400 million recapitalisation tender has been signed, allowing a consortium, which won the tender, to immediately dispatch wagons...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 February 2018

MINING & RETAIL

PanAf bids for Zim's Freda-Rebecca gold mine

PAN African Resources (PanAf), a JSE-listed gold producer, has emerged as the company interested in buying the assets of Zimbabwe's ASA Resource Group, a base metals and gold firm.Panaf said earlier o...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 February 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Time Bank regains lost land

Time Bank has regained over 600 hectares of land, held through sister company Water Mount Estates; which had been lost to farmers who were irregularly allocated the land under the land reform programm...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 February 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Zim Lithium project gets funding boost

Australian based mining firm  Prospect Resources on Wednesday said it has raised $10 million via a  private placement of 166 million shares, which will be used to accelerate development of i...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 February 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Colliery to honour employee creditors' agreement

HWANGE Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) has assured its employee creditors that it will comply with the provisions of a scheme of arrangement agreed upon last year.The firm's scheme of arrangement was ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 February 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Govt to reduce electricity tariffs

Government plans to reduce power tariffs to below what is charged by its regional counterparts in a bid to improve the country's competitiveness.The average regional price stands at 7.50c/kWh compared...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 February 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Global Banks shun Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe has over the past few years lost 102 correspondent banking relationships due to high country risk, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr John Mangudya said.Correspondent banking represents the...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 February 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

No need for CFI rights issue

British business tycoon Nicholas van Hoogstraten has ruled out a rights issue and borrowings at the diversified concern CFI Holdings Ltd, saying his family will provide any funding requirements at the...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 February 2018

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

White farmers urged to apply for land leases

Government has urged white farmers to apply for land leases as the process will not be based on race or religion, an official has said. Addressing white farmers at Mbuya Nehanda Hall in Marondera on W...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 February 2018

MINING & RETAIL

ZimAlloys to recruit over 500 people

MIDLANDS-BASED ferrochrome producer, ZimAlloys is set to recruit over 500 workers within the first 18 months of operating under a new investor.ZimAlloys, which was placed under judicial management in ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 February 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Zimplats revenue up 80%

Zimbabwe's largest platinum producer Zimplats Holdings Limited's revenue for the quarter ended December 30, 2017 jumped 80 percent to $184 million from the previous quarter on the back of sale of conc...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 February 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Stanbic Bank wins $6m lawsuit

Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe has been awarded $6 million after successfully suing a construction company for failure to honour an overdraft facility arrangement.The bank entered into a financial deal with CE...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 February 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Trade Kings detergent plant nears completion

TRADE Kings Zimbabwe, a local fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) manufacturer and distributor, expects to complete construction of its paste detergent plant by end of this month, an executive has said....

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 February 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Zim to entice investors at Mining Indaba

THE upcoming Mining Indaba in South Africa will present a platform for the new administration in Zimbabwe to attract investments into the country.One of the most-eagerly anticipated events at the foru...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 February 2018

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

'Rains come late, no hope for crops'

A SENIOR agronomist in Manicaland has expressed pessimism that the rains received starting on Wednesday will do much to rejuvenate crops and improve yields.Provincial agriculture extension officer (Ma...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 February 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Indonesian firm eyes Merlin

AN unnamed Indonesian investor has expressed interest in investing $30 million into textile concern, Merlin, as working capital over five years, NewsDay has established.According to the minutes of the...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 February 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

MBCA to change name to Nedbank Zimbabwe

MBCA Bank, a unit of South Africa's Nedbank Group, has now started the process of changing its name, which was first announced three years ago. The bank will adopt its parent's name, Nedbank.The Nedba...

By Staff | Published: 01 February 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Barclays Plc cut Zimbabwe ties

BARCLAYS Bank Plc will  today cease to offer correspondent banking services for its former Zimbabwean unit, which it sold to Malawi's FMB Capital last year.FMB Capital acquired 43 percent shareho...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 February 2018

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Zimbabwe reverses discriminatory land policy

GOVERNMENT has issued a directive for white farmers to be issued with 99-year leases instead of five-year leases subject to renewal upon meeting "certain conditions".In a letter addressed to acting pr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 February 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Zim government in mine firesale

ZIMBABWE'S government will relinquish absolute control of its vast but under-utilised mining assets,  which have chronically underperformed due to under-capitalisation and mismanagement.In a call...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 February 2018

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Commercial coffee farmers leave Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is only left with about two commercial coffee farmers on 300 hectares, down from 145 who were farming over 7 600 hectares before 2004.Zimbabwe Coffee Mill director Johane Jori told the Easter...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 February 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

StanChart riles depositors over Ecocash

STANDARD Chartered Bank has riled its depositors after taking long to integrate its system with Ecocash, to enable them to transact with others who do not have formal bank accounts.Ecocash is Econet W...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 February 2018

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