Mines to energy park to be established in Mapinga

Mines to energy park to be established in Mapinga

Nevanji Munyaradzi Chiondegwa

The Establishment of the Mines to Energy Industrial Park in Mapinga, Mashonaland West, will be implemented in phases with the first phase to start in June 2024, the Government has said.
The Government of Zimbabwe will have a shareholding in the project
This was said by Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Dr Jenfan Muswere in Harare yesterday. Dr Muswere was addressing a post-Cabinet media briefing.
He said, that the Mines to Energy Industrial Park is a lithium value addition and beneficiation project that will have the construction of a coking plant with a capacity of 1.2 million and 130 000 metric tonnes of coke and lithium salt per annum, respectively, the construction of two, 300-megawatt power stations, a graphite processing plant, a nickel-chromium alloy smelter and a nickel sulphate plant, together with a supportive power supply and logistics.
The industrial park will span over an area of 500 hectares and will be implemented on a phased basis, with Phase 1 set to begin in June 2024.