LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Zimbabwe milk output increases to 52.51 mln litres in 8 months to August

Zimbabwe's raw milk production in the first 8 months to August rose 10% to 52.51 million litres from 47.84 million litres recorded in the same period last year. However, the output is still 56% below ...

MINING & RETAIL

Makomo output drops 27%

COAL miner, Makomo Resources, has reported a 27 percent drop in production for the first nine months of 2019, attributed to procurement gaps as a result of a shortage of foreign currency. The Hwange-b...

MINING & RETAIL

Caledonia eyes 75 000 ounces gold output

CALEDONIA Mining Corporation, which owns Blanket Mine in Matabeleland South province, targets to increase gold output to 75 000 ounces in 2021 as the mine has begun focusing on increasing output. &nbs...

MINING & RETAIL

Makomo coal output plunges in Q1

Coal miner, Makomo Resources, says production in the first quarter of the year remained subdued, with output only reaching half of the company's target due to the unavailability of key raw materials."...

BUSINESS NEWS

Poultry feeds output up 58%

POULTRY feeds production increased by 58% to 110,121 tonnes in the last quarter of 2018 and generated more than $106,5 million in revenue, latest industry reports have shown.In an industry update, Zim...

MINING & RETAIL

Unki projects higher output

ANGLO American's local platinum producer, Unki Platinum Mine projects that this year's output will increase to at least 4,2 million ounces from 1,3 million oz last year. In a quarterly production repo...

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Tongaat Hulett sugar output increases 9%

TONGAAT Hulett's revenue for the six month period ended 30 September 2018 increased by 29 percent to $93,2 million up from $72,4 million during the corresponding period in 2017 underpinned by a spike ...

MINING & RETAIL

2018 mining output up

ZIMBABWE'S mining sector improved production in 2018, with average capacity utilisation going up to 75 percent from 71 percent in 2017, an industry report released this week shows. However, this was i...

MINING & RETAIL

RioZim H1 gold output rises

Resources group, RioZim Limited's half year gold production rose 20 percent to 1 050 kilograms from 873 kilograms in the same period last year as production at its three mines was ahead of comparable ...

MINING & RETAIL

Govt ups efforts to boost gold output

THE Government will soon establish gold centres throughout the country as efforts to increase gold output to 100 tonnes per annum by 2023 gather momentum. This comes in the wake of reports that the co...

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Tobacco output reaches record high

ZIMBABWE's tobacco output has reached a record high of 237.1 million kg just before the end of the 2018 selling season, statistics from the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) show.This year's...

MINING & RETAIL

Blanket Mine gold output stagnates

LONDON Stock Exchange-listed resources firm Caledonia Mining Corporation says gold output at its Zimbabwean unit, Blanket Mine, went up one percent to 25 582 ounces for the half year ended June 30, 20...

Pickstone gold output up 10%

AIM-listed junior miner Vast Resources (Vast) says gold production at its Pickstone Peerless mine increased by 10 percent to 6,969 ounces in the quarter ended June 30, 2018 compared to 6,326 ounces re...

MINING & RETAIL

Zimbabwe's gold output hits 10-year high

Gold output in Zimbabwe has generated close to a billion dollars in foreign currency receipts in the first six months of this year, the highest level in 10 years, thanks to higher production from smal...

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Zim tobacco output hit all-time high

Eighteen years after the collapse of Zimbabwe's agriculture sector in the wake of former President Robert Mugabe's land grab programme, tobacco production has hit a record 207 million kg, with black f...

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Sugar output to increase by 17%

Zimbabwe's sugar production is projected to increase by 17% to 460 000 metric tonnes in the 2018/19 season, mainly due to higher volumes of better quality sugarcane available for crushingDepartment of...

MINING & RETAIL

Zimbabwe to treble gold output

Zimbabwe will treble gold output to 100 tonnes in 12 years on the back of recapitalisation in the gold sector, the Chamber of Mines has said.Gold output is projected at 30 tonnes this year after the i...

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Tobacco output surpasses 200 million kgs

Tobacco sales breezed past 200 million kg on Tuesday, earning $583 million owing to the introduction of export incentives and improved agronomic practices last year, an official has said.During the co...

MINING & RETAIL

Gold output up 17% in May

ZIMBABWE'S gold output for the month of May increased by 17% to 3,4 tonnes compared to the previous month figures with small-scale miners maintaining their production dominance over primary producers,...

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Zim to surpass 200m kg tobacco output

Zimbabwe is likely to surpass the 2017 /18 targeted tobacco output of 200 million kilogrammes, given that farmers have already delivered 190 million kgs, with over 50 days to go before the marketing s...

MINING & RETAIL

Gold output hits 13.3 tonnes

Zimbabwe's gold production continues to increase after hitting 13.3 tonnes in the five months to May this year which is already higher than the 9.9 tonnes achieved during the first half last year.Stat...

MINING & RETAIL

Gold output hits 10 tonnes

GOLD production continues to surge in the country after hitting 10,1 tonnes in the first four months of the year, which is already higher than the 9,9 tonnes achieved in the first half of last year.In...

MINING & RETAIL

Zimbabwe forecasts surge in diamond output

Zimbabwe's rough-diamond production will more than triple to 11 million carats in 2025, according to the nation's state-owned mining operation. Output will grow at an average of 21% per year from 3 m...

BUSINESS NEWS

Sirdc to double hybrid seed output

The Scientific and Industrial Research and Development Centre (SIRDC) is targeting producing 1 000 tonnes of maize seed for the 2018/19 cropping season, up from 600 tonnes last year to meet growing de...

MINING & RETAIL

Arcturus mine to increase production output

ARCTURUS Mine is working towards increasing production to 15 000 tonnes of gold ore per month through expanding its current operations under its medium term plan, an official has said.Arcturus Mine ow...