Sinomine Resources Group Co., Ltd. has been ramping up operations at its lithium mine in Bikita, Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe. They have invested more than $200 million towards exploration work, mine expansion, and other strategic projects according to data from the Zimbabwe Investment Development Agency. Some of the investment has gone into the construction of new plants, significantly boosting production capacity.
With Zimbabwe facing a severe electricity generation deficit, these partnerships between the private sector and the utility company will go a long way in addressing some of these challenges, especially as more private firms ramp up the installation of megawatt-scale distributed solar PV plants coupled with battery storage to complement supply from the grid.