Zimbabwe has several mining companies operating across various sectors, including gold, platinum, diamonds, coal, lithium, and chrome. Below is a list of some notable mining companies in Zimbabwe:
Major Mining Companies in Zimbabwe
1. Zimplats (Zimbabwe Platinum Mines)
– Focus: Platinum group metals (PGMs)
– Location: Great Dyke (Ngezi, Mhondoro)
2. Mimosa Mining Company
– Focus: Platinum & palladium
– Joint venture between Sibanye-Stillwater & Impala Platinum
3. Unki Mines (Anglo American Platinum)
– Focus: Platinum group metals
– Location: Shurugwi
4. Caledonia Mining Corporation
– Focus: Gold
– Operates Blanket Mine (Gwanda)
5. Metallon Corporation
– Focus: Gold (formerly owned several gold mines like Shamva, Mazowe, Redwing)
6. RioZim Limited
– Focus: Gold, diamonds, nickel
– Operates Renco Mine (gold), Murowa Diamonds
7. Bindura Nickel Corporation (BNC)
– Focus: Nickel mining & refining
– Owned by Kuvimba Mining House
8. Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL)
– Focus: Coal mining
9. Makomo Resources
– Focus: Coal mining for power stations
10. Kuvimba Mining House
– State-linked mining group with interests in gold, platinum, lithium, and chrome.
11. Premier African Minerals (Zulu Lithium Project)
– Focus: Lithium & tantalum
12. Bikita Minerals (Sinomine Resource Group)
– Focus: Lithium & petalite mining
13. Sabi Gold Mine (Previously owned by Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation – ZMDC)
14. Diamond Mining Companies:
– Murowa Diamonds (RioZim & Rio Tinto)
– Formerly Marange Diamond Fields (operated by Anjin, Jinan, etc.)
15. African Chrome Fields & Zimbabwe Alloys
– Focus: Chrome mining & ferrochrome production
16. Zimbabwe German Graphite Mines (Pvt) Ltd