{"id":31097,"date":"2026-04-08T12:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T10:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=31097"},"modified":"2026-04-08T12:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T10:37:08","slug":"zimbabwe-to-introduce-lithium-export-quotas-sets-conditions-for-resumption-of-shipments","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/zimbabwe-to-introduce-lithium-export-quotas-sets-conditions-for-resumption-of-shipments\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe to introduce lithium export quotas, sets conditions for resumption of shipments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Zimbabwe will introduce \u200clithium concentrate export quotas and require commitments for more local processing as part of conditions to allow the resumption of mineral exports, the Mines Ministry has told producers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Africa&#8217;s \u200btop lithium producer suspended exports of lithium concentrates and other unprocessed minerals \u200bon February 26, after the government alleged malpractices and leakages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">In \u2060a letter to the country&#8217;s mining chamber seen by Reuters on Wednesday, \u200bZimbabwe&#8217;s mines ministry set out conditions including the mandatory publication of mines&#8217; annual \u200bfinancial statements as well as labour, safety and environmental standards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8220;Approved lithium concentrate export quotas will be communicated to each producer,&#8221; the letter, dated April 2, added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The government also \u200bwants &#8220;written commitments on dedicated timelines to set up lithium sulphate plants&#8221; before \u200bJanuary 1, 2027, it added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">A 10% export tax will, meanwhile, continue to be levied on \u200clithium \u2060concentrate exports until a January 2027 ban on concentrate shipments comes into force.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The Chamber of Mines Zimbabwe did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Chinese mining firms including Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt, Sinomine, Chengxin Lithium Group, Yahua, and the \u200bTsingshan Holding Group \u200bdominate Zimbabwe&#8217;s lithium \u2060mining sector, consolidating China&#8217;s dominance of the global battery metal supply chain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13643,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-31097","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Zimbabwe will introduce \u200clithium concentrate export quotas","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31098,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31097\/revisions\/31098"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=31097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}