The Zimbabwe lithium mine project undertaken by PowerChina held a groundbreaking ceremony. President Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe attended the ceremony and started the excavator with great interest. The implementation of the project will further promote the country's comprehensive modernization and economic industrialization, and create more wealth for the local people.

On December 14, the foundation stone laying ceremony of the Zimbabwe Sabi Star Lithium Mine Project undertaken by the Hydropower 11 Bureau of China Power Construction Co., Ltd. was held. President Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe cut the ribbon and unveiled the project and personally tested the machinery and equipment, giving high expectations to the implementation of the project. The Vice President of Zimbabwe, the Minister of Mining and Mining Development, and the Chairman of the Zimbabwe Mining Association attended the ceremony. Xinhua News Agency, Zimbabwe National Television, Zimbabwe Newspaper and Television Network and other mainstream media at home and abroad paid attention to the report.

President Mnangagwa said that the Sabie Singh Lithium Mine Project has a daily processing capacity of about 3,000 tons of ore and can produce 800 to 1,000 tons of lithium concentrate per day. In the first phase of project implementation, it is expected to create employment opportunities for nearly a thousand local people and train a group of high-quality skilled workers for Zimbabwe. The smooth implementation of the project will further promote Zimbabwe's comprehensive modernization and economic industrialization, and help realize Zimbabwe's 2030 Vision .

The President pointed out that for a long time, the local people lived on the lithium mine but did not realize their wealth. Now because of the existence of the Sabie Star lithium mine project, the area will undergo great changes, and people will not be able to benefit from the mining industry. gone forever. From the current point of view, the Sabie Star Lithium Mine Project can improve the current status of local infrastructure before making profits. The goals of the project implementation process are enough to show that the project has always been committed to serving more people in the region and even the province. Create wealth and let people in Zimbabwe live a better life.

Zimbabwe has produced lithium for more than 60 years and is currently the fifth largest lithium producer in the world. Since PowerChina entered the country’s market in 2007, it has completed the south bank expansion project of the Kariba Hydropower Station, the 25 MW photovoltaic project of the Central Power Grid (Phase I), the restoration project of urban water supply facilities in Bulawayo, and the rural The micro-grid project and other projects have won the praise and trust of the local government and all walks of life, and won the contract for the construction project of the Muriel Gold Mine, the drilling and exploration of the gold mine and other mining projects, gradually forming a whole-process industrial chain in the mining field. Editor/Xu Shengpeng