Salvaging NRZ, Ziscosteel and Hwange Colliery from total collapse
IN the last three instalments, I have endeavoured to show the historical background and importance of NRZ, Ziscosteel and Hwange Colliery to the economy and its industrialisation bid. I went on to look at the problems these interrelated companies have faced and so in this instalment, I look at the solutions to some of the […]
Zimbabwe’s Hwange Colliery, when the wheels came off
FROM a company that used to employ as much as 5 000 people and support a community of over 100 000 more people, Hwange Colliery has been reduced to a pale shadow of its former glory days. How such a huge company has collapsed is the subject of this discussion. In 1893, Albert Giese, a young […]
Zimbabwean Women Using Deadly Mine Waste As Sexual Stimulant
A MINING rights lobby NGO says Hwange Colliery is exposing local women to serious health risks by dumping toxic acid whose chaff they (women) are applying to their bodies to arouse sexual pleasure. The Centre for Natural Resources Governance (CNRG) said this in a report launched in Harare, Thursday. The report is on the environmental […]
New Equipment Major Boost for Zimbabwe Hwange Colliery
Listed coal producer Hwange Colliery Ltd (Hwange) recently commissioned US$31,2 million worth of equipment expected to increase production and improve the company’s efficiency as part of its recovery strategy. The firm also hopes to clear all its legacy debt in excess of US$160 million. Businessdigest (BD) reporter Taurai Mangudhla this week interviewed Hwange Colliery CEO […]
