Zimbabwe opens first lithium processing plant becoming Africa's top producer
Buoyed by the development, the small southern African country is determined to go much further in its drive for local processing of its resources, even eyeing its own production of rechargeable lithium batteries. It is part of a push by the country -- and others on the continent -- to add value domestically to raw materials to create jobs and lift export earnings. "We will no longer tolerate the raw exportation of our wealth," President Emmerson Mnangagwa said this week as he opened an industrialisation conference.
- ▪Buoyed by the development, the small southern African country is determined to go much further in its drive for local processing of its resources, even eyeing its own production of rechargeable lithium batteries.
- ▪It is part of a push by the country -- and others on the continent -- to add value domestically to raw materials to create jobs and lift export earnings.
- ▪"We will no longer tolerate the raw exportation of our wealth," President Emmerson Mnangagwa said this week as he opened an industrialisation conference.
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Business Zimbabwe opens first lithium processing plant becoming Africa's top producer Trucks and machinery are seen on the grounds of Prospect Lithium Zimbabwe's processing plant in Goromonzi about 80 kilometers southeast of the capital Harare, July 5 2023. - Copyright © africanews AP By Rédaction Africanews Last updated: 10 minutes ago Lithium Zimbabwe's first plant to process clean-energy metal lithium -- of which it is Africa's top producer -- is up and running, a milestone in its expanding drive to stop the wholesale export of its raw mineral wealth. Buoyed by the development, the small southern African country is determined to go much further in its drive for local processing of its resources, even eyeing its own production of rechargeable lithium batteries.
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