Africa’s Most Diversified Mineral Story
Zimbabwe didn’t wait to legislate beneficiation.
Zimbabwe Mining Week is where that head start becomes industry.
About Zimbabwe Mining Week
Zimbabwe Mining Week is the country’s leading platform for mining investment, beneficiation and industrial development, anchored in one of the most diverse mineral economies in Africa. Lithium, platinum group metals, chrome, gold, diamonds and coal all sit within a single jurisdiction, giving Zimbabwe a breadth of opportunity few mining nations can match.
Hosted annually in Zimbabwe, the event brings government, operators, investors and processors into the same room, not to debate whether beneficiation should happen, but to build the capacity, partnerships and capital that make it happen.
The Zimbabwe Difference
Most mining events are built around a single commodity or a single unresolved challenge. Zimbabwe Mining Week is built around a different reality: a country that has already restricted the export of unprocessed lithium ore, already established the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (ZIDA) as a one-stop investment facilitator, and already holds one of the world’s largest platinum group metal reserves through the Great Dyke.
Our purpose is to connect that head start with the capital, technology and partnerships needed to convert it into processing plants, refining capacity and jobs across lithium, PGMs, chrome, gold and beyond.
Why This Matters to Us
We’re driven by what beneficiation actually changes on the ground: more processing jobs than export jobs, more formal-market access for the artisanal and small-scale miners who make up a significant share of the workforce, and a mining sector that funds the rest of the economy rather than simply feeding it raw material.
Our team and advisory board bring direct experience of Zimbabwe’s mining sector and the wider continent’s. Our mission is simple: help Zimbabwe convert mineral wealth into industrial capacity, faster.
Where the Gap Still Is
Zimbabwe’s mineral opportunity is significant, but important barriers still stand between extraction and greater in-country value creation.
Lithium concentrate and other ores have historically left Zimbabwe with limited in-country processing.
Artisanal and small-scale mining employs a large share of the workforce, often outside formal markets and safety systems.
Power, water and transport constraints slow new project and processing investment.
Affordable capital and consistent regulatory application remain hard for junior miners to access.
Commodity price volatility in lithium and PGMs creates uncertainty for financing and revenue planning.
Where the Shift Is Happening
The change is already underway, with policy, investment and new capacity beginning to move more mining value onshore.
Restrictions on unprocessed lithium ore exports have redirected investment into local concentration and processing.
ZIDA has streamlined licensing and investment facilitation, cutting entry friction for new capital.
New and expanded processing capacity across lithium, PGMs and chrome is shifting more value onshore.
ASM formalisation programmes are improving market access, safety and environmental compliance.
Zimbabwe’s standing as a top African lithium producer and major PGM holder through the Great Dyke is drawing renewed beneficiation-linked investment.
What We Stand For
A mining economy measured by the value it creates locally, not only the volume it exports.
Advancing beneficiation of lithium, PGMs, chrome and gold
into higher-value, locally processed output
Supporting formalisation and safety for artisanal and
small-scale miners
Strengthening investment facilitation and regulatory
clarity through partnership with ZIDA and government
Building a mining economy that delivers jobs, skills
and industrial growth, not just export tonnage
Mining is evolving. So is Zimbabwe, and so are we.
Inside Zimbabwe Mining Week
Focused platforms designed to connect the right stakeholders around Zimbabwe’s mining priorities. Select a platform to explore how Zimbabwe Mining Week brings mining operators, investors, government leaders and technical partners together
Processing and investment
Beneficiation & Value-Addition Forum
Zimbabwe Mining Week’s platform for lithium, PGM, chrome and gold processing investment, connecting project owners with the financiers and technology partners who can move beneficiation from policy to production.
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