Zimbabwe’s biggest miners seek $182m for solar projects

Some of Zimbabwe’s biggest miners are seeking $182-million to develop 200 MW of locally-generated solar power, according to the head of the renewables company responsible for the projects. The agreement was signed between Grid Africa and the Intensive Energy User Group, whose members include Impala Platinum’s Zimbabwean unit, Tsingshan Holdings Group’s Afrochine Smelting and RioZim, among others.