AFROCHINE, the local unit of the China-based Tsingshan Holding Group, says it has commenced works to build an iron ore mine and a carbon steel plant in Mvuma.
In an interview this week, the Afrochine representative in Zimbabwe, Benson Xu Kemin, said works in Mvuma have begun following the arrival of plant equipment and machinery from China.
“We have received the bulk of the equipment that we needed to establish the carbon steel plant and an iron ore mine.
“This is a major boost to the works that are underway. We cannot commit to a date as yet, but I can confirm that we are ahead of schedule in respect to this project that was billed to start in May,” he said.
The firm is currently based in Selous where it has smelters with a capacity to process a combined 450 000 tonnes of ferrochrome per day.
It also has chrome mining claims in Matabeleland and Mi
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