MINING & RETAIL

Hwange's $260 million deal raises stink

INDIGENOUS voices have raised eyebrows over the $260 million mining contract between Hwange Colliery Company Ltd and a Portuguese firm, Mota-Engil saying that it lacks moral wisdom. Concern has been r...

By Business Reporter | Published: 12 December 2013

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Econet unveils EcoCash Payroll

ECONET Wireless continues to sweat its mobile phone network infrastructure to spread tentacles deeper into the provision of banking services by rolling out a number of cellular-based products. While p...

By Business Reporter | Published: 12 December 2013

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Kariba power station expansion to begin in Q1

THE 300-megawatt Kariba South Hydro Power Station expansion project is expected to start in the first quarter of 2014. The Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) said designs for the project were already under...

By Business Reporter | Published: 12 December 2013

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Zim agriculture sector needs $500m

THE agriculture sector requires at least $500 million to stimulate productivity and guarantee food security in the country, the Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers' Union (ZCFU) immediate past president, Don...

By Business Reporter | Published: 12 December 2013

MINING & RETAIL

Freda Rebecca revenue decline 36%

Freda Rebecca gold mine's revenue for the six months to September declined 36% to $43.6 million from $59.7 million after mine production declined 11.2% to 32,252oz of gold compared to 36,335oz produc...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 December 2013

MINING & RETAIL

Bindura Nickel returns to profitability

Bindura Nickel's revenue for the six months to September amounted to $21.4 million after the mine sold 2,191t of nickel concentrate according to unaudited results for the interim period published by p...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 December 2013

MINING & RETAIL

Zim can become world's top platinum producer

ZIMBABWE has extensive potential to become the world's leading producer of platinum, on the basis of an improved performance in its macro operating environment.CPM Group platinum analyst Erica Rannest...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 December 2013

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Zimbabwe to boost energy output

ZIMBABWE plans to construct three solar-powered plants in the west of the country at a cost of $540-million in a bid to ease electricity shortages in the country, an official with the state power comp...

By Reuters | Published: 11 December 2013

FINANCIAL SERVICES

'Collective Investment Schemes must regularise'

THE Securities and Exchange Commission of Zimbabwe (SECZIM) has called upon asset managers and Collective Investment Schemes to regularise their licensing with the body.This follows SECZIM's recent en...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 December 2013

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Merlin seeks $3 million capital injection

Closed Bulawayo based textile firm, Merlin, requires a minimum capital injection of $1,2 million to survive insolvency, the company's judicial manager has said.The firm was placed under provisional j...

By New Ziana | Published: 11 December 2013

MINING & RETAIL

Zim's Antwerp diamond sale to increase transparency

Zimbabwe's auction today of 300 000 carats of diamonds in the European Union will bring greater transparency in the country's diamond sector.The sale is Zimbabwe's first ever in Antwerp. The Antwerp ...

By BH24-Skynews | Published: 11 December 2013

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

600MW power project takes off

CHINA Africa Sunlight Energy Private Limited (Caseco) is finalising the $1,3 billion loan coming from Export-Import Bank of China that will see the mining company commencing integrated coal mining an...

By Business Reporter | Published: 11 December 2013

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Deloitte crafts NRZ turnaround

THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has engaged an international auditing firm to craft a turnaround strategy for the loss-making parastatal.NRZ public relations manager Fanuel Masikati said the s...

By Business Reporter | Published: 11 December 2013

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Dairy sector pushes for protectionism

CUT-THROAT competition in the dairy processing industry has forced local players to submit a paper to the government proposing to be shielded from the influx of cheap products.Currently the industry ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 December 2013

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Indigenous banks in trouble

ZIMBABWE'S indigenous banks have fallen on hard times as many of them are struggling to pay depositors, a situation which heightened yesterday as evidenced by chaotic scenes at most banking halls in H...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 December 2013

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Zimbabwe youth bank flops

THE Zimbabwe Youth Development Trust's initiative to form a youth bank that will provide financial solutions to the informal market has hit a snag as the trust's application for mineral concessions is...

By Business Reporter | Published: 11 December 2013

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Zimpost spends $2m on postal buses

ZIMPOST has invested $2 million purchasing five postal buses to combine the functions of public transport and mail delivery or collection, an official has said. The post-bus concept has been in existe...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 December 2013

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Zim raw milk production marginally up

RAW milk production in Zimbabwe increased slightly to 4,58 million litres in October from 4,57 million the previous month, figures released by the Dairy Services Department in the Ministry of Agricult...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 December 2013

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Zimglass employees hold management hostage

Management at the Gweru glass manufacturing company, Zimglass, was held hostage for the greater part of Monday as employees protested over unpaid salaries.The company reportedly owes workers three mon...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 December 2013

MINING & RETAIL

Marange diamonds firm retrenches 950

Anjin Investments has retrenched at least 950 workers out of close to 1 800 people since it started operations in 2010.About 190 of the remaining 845 workers still face the chop as the company targets...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 December 2013

MINING & RETAIL

First Zim diamonds tender to be held in Antwerp

First Element Bvba will hold the first tender of diamonds from Zimbabwe in Antwerp later this week.The tender includes goods from Marange Resources, Zimbabwe Diamond Mining Company (ZDMC), Anjin Inves...

By IDEX Online News | Published: 10 December 2013

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Telecel CEO denied a Zim work permit

TELECEL Zimbabwe chief executive John Swaim is alleged to be conducting his duties from a foreign base after failing to obtain a work permit, sources said yesterday.Swaim's application for a work per...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 December 2013

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Power outages push company overheads

LOCAL manufacturing firms and mining companies are incurring as much as $8 in costs for every kilowatt hour (kWh)lost due to idleness resulting from frequent power outages, a study by a industrial lob...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 December 2013

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Cairns Holdings to ramp up production

DELISTED manufacturing firm Cairns Holdings is expected to ramp up production by the first quarter of next year as existing shareholders give way for new investors following its recapitalisation, the ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 December 2013

CONSTRUCTION & PROPERTY

Construction of the Mall of Zim to start next year

Augur Investments chairman Ken Sharpe says construction of the $100 million Mall of Zimbabwe in the up market suburb of Borrowdale in Harare will commence next year as all relevant licenses and logist...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 December 2013

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