Zimbabwe lithium exports surge 30 percent in first half of 2025 – The Zimbabwe Mail

📅 Published: August 26, 2025

📰 Source: thezimbabwemail

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Africa’s top lithium producer, Zimbabwe is now attracting a wave of international capital.

Since 2021, Chinese firms such as Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt, Sinomine, Chengxin Lithium Group, Yahua Group and Tsingshan have invested over $1. 4 billion in Zimbabwe’s lithium value chain.

In January, British Virgin Islands-based Premier African Minerals secured £4. 7 million (about $6. 4 million) to advance its Zulu Lithium Project while exploration continues from firms based in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Ireland.

The government’s push for value addition is also gaining traction.

In July, state-owned Verify Engineering successfully piloted a domestically manufactured lithium-ion battery.

A ban on raw lithium concentrate exports, set to take effect in 2027, has already spurred construction of processing facilities, including Kuvimba House’s 600,000-tonne-per-year concentrator and two lithium sulphate plants led by Sinomine Resources and Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt.

Zimbabwe’s lithium sector will take centre stage at African Mining Week (AMW) 2025 to be held from 1-3 October in South Africa’s Cape Town alongside African Energy Week.

The event will convene global stakeholders to explore investment-ready opportunities and discuss strategies to integrate Zimbabwe into global supply chains.

Mines and Mining Development Minister Winston Chitando is expected to lead high-level discussions with representatives from the Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe. 🔗

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