MINING & RETAIL

Zimbabwe govt bails out Hwange

The government has issued US$112m worth of Treasury Bills to settle debts owed by Hwange Colliery Company (HCCL), Business Times reported.Government is the biggest shareholder in HCCL with a 37% stake...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 June 2022

BUSINESS NEWS

Hwange station needs complete overhaul

SUBDUED power generation at Hwange Power Station is contributing to prolonged load shedding as only four units out of six are operating, general manager for the plant, Engineer Arnold Chivurayise, has...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 October 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

600MW Hwange plant takes shape

WORK on the expansion of the Hwange Power Station Stage 7 and 8 expansion is on track with 26 percent ground work having been covered so far, Sunday Business has learnt.The Government contracted Chine...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 October 2019

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Hwange 7 & 8 expansion 21% complete

The Hwange Thermal Power Station expansion project is now 21 percent complete, with the first unit set to be commissioned by the end of the first quarter next year. This was said by Finance and Econom...

By Staff reporter | Published: 17 October 2019

MINING & RETAIL

Colliery bounces back to profitability

HWANGE Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) is on the rebound after posting a profit of $3,5 million in the first half of 2019, recovering from a loss of $23 million recorded in 2018.The troubled firm had ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 October 2019

MINING & RETAIL

Tundiya's company diverts ZPC’s 1 003 tonnes of coal

A FORENSIC audit on Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) has unearthed serious irregularities, where a haulage company owned by Shepherd Tundiya diverted about 1 003 tonnes of coal meant for the Zim...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 April 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Hwange extension project underway

The actual construction works for Zesa's US$1,4 billion Hwange Power Station (HPS) 7 and 8 extension project have started, giving hope the project will be completed within time and original budget, a ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 February 2019

ZIMBABWE

ZSE engages Hwange

THE Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) says it will engage suspended Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) in an effort to set a new course for the troubled miner.HCCL was suspended from the ZSE last Nove...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 January 2019

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

ZPC to spend $500m on Hwange

The Zimbabwe Power Company intends to spend more than $500 million rehabilitating Hwange Power Station units 1 to 5 to guarantee reliability and extend its lifespan by between 15 to 20 years. The proj...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 December 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Hwange Colliery row deepens

Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) scheme of arrangement chairperson has challenged the Justice ministry's move to place the coal mining company under reconstruction.Chairperson Andrew Lawson has ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 December 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Works begin on Hwange units 7, 8

HWANGE Power Station units 7 and 8 expansion project, launched by President Mnangagwa at the beginning of August this year, has commenced with a number of civil works now underway. The project will co...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 December 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Van Hoogstraten opens up on Hwange Colliery

BRITISH businessman Nicholas van Hoogstraten yesterday opened up to journalists on the demise of Hwange Colliery Company Limited, saying it was being run down by corruption and financial mismanagement...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 December 2018

POLITICS

Zanu-PF MPs disrupt Hwange colliery hearings

ZANU-PF legislators in the Mines and Energy Parliamentary Portfolio Committee yesterday disrupted oral evidence by British businessman and Hwange Colliery Company (HCCL) shareholder Nicholas Van Hoogs...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 December 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Van Hoogstraten opposes Hwange reconstruction

British businessman Nicholas van Hoogstraten, says he is going to challenge the reconstruction of Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL). Van Hoogstraten holds a 31 percent shareholding in HCCL. In Oc...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 December 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Hwange saga spills to High court

The government has finally applied for a court order to place Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) under administration, almost a month after announcing that the giant miner had been put under recon...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 November 2018

MINING & RETAIL

AAG wades into Hwange salaries saga

The Affirmative Action Group (AAG) has written to the new Hwange Colliery Company(HCCL) administrator Bekithemba Moyo seeking audience with him over the unpaid employees.Employees are reportedly owed ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 November 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Chitando not scared of Hwange Colliery audit

MINES minister Winston Chitando yesterday told Parliament that he was not afraid of what would come out from the forensic audit on Hwange Colliery Company, saying that it must proceed to its conclusio...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 November 2018

POLITICS

'Zanu PF MPs trying to scuttle Hwange probe'

CHAIRPERSON of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines, Temba Mliswa has accused some Zanu PF MPs in his committee of trying to throw spanners and scuttle efforts to investigate alleged underha...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 November 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Mnangagwa minister implicated in Hwange looting

A FORENSIC auditor engaged by Hwange Colliery to investigate financial impropriety has fingered Mines and Mining Development minister Winston Chitando, who he said was likely in cahoots with shady cha...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 November 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Preps for Hwange expansion underway

PRELIMINARY works for the $1,5 billion Hwange Thermal Power Station expansion project have begun with engineers already onsite undertaking geo-technical surveys and site clearance, an official said.La...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Hwange, Zinwa bury hatchet

THE protracted war over the management of water between Hwange Local Board (HLB) and Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has ended following the latter's decision to hand over sewer reticulation...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 July 2018

POLITICS

Chiwenga calls Hwange Board to order

VICE-PRESIDENT Dr Constantino Chiwenga has called on the Hwange Colliery Company Board to heed calls by Government to step down, saying corruption investigations into suspended managers would be follo...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 July 2018

POLITICS

Hwange targets 4 major projects

HWANGE Local Board (HLB) has embarked on four major "Quick win" projects which are at various stages of implementation as it seeks to improve service delivery.Speaking in an interview on the sidelines...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 July 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Govt to transform Hwange Colliery

VICE President General Constantino Chiwenga (Rtd) yesterday said Government has put in place a raft of measures for Hwange Colliery Company Limited to return to its status as one of the biggest employ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 July 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Govt forms new power company

GOVERNMENT has formed a new company, Hwange Electricity Supply Company (Hesco), to manage power generation under the $1,5 billion Hwange Thermal Power Station expansion project.Energy and Power Develo...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 July 2018
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