Investors line up lithium processing plans

MINES minister Winston Chitando says Zimbabwe has already started receiving proposals for lithium processing following the country’s recent ban on exports of the raw product.
Harare banned exports of the raw mineral earlier this year to maximise the nation’s benefit from the resource.
“The ban has been very successful because since we put it in place, we have received over 20 proposals for value addition. That was not there before the ban and I am happy that some of the proposals are on a small scale and some are on a large scale,” Chitando said at a Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) base minerals stakeholder workshop in Harare last week.