Thread by @miriranguva, 1/ Strategy prudence implores mining roadmap is cognisant with eminent sectoral challenges [...]

1/ Strategy prudence implores mining roadmap is cognisant with eminent sectoral challenges & not over optimistic.

@Jamwanda2 @matigary @VusiNyamazana @ShingiMunyeza @vargoe21

JUST IN: President to launch US$12b Mining roadmap https://www.herald.co.zw/just-in-president-to-launch-us12b-mining-roadmap/ via @HeraldZimbabwe

JUST IN: President to launch US$12b Mining roadmap

President Mnangagwa is on Monday expected to launch the Strategic Roadmap for the achievement of a US$12 billion mining industry by 2023.

https://www.herald.co.zw/just-in-president-to-launch-us12b-mining-roadmap/

2/ The is a need to ensure our thrust is bettered by enablers & actions to circumvent blockades in the way of associated industries as seen in Latin America (see /3)

@mavhure @kmugova @SandeJaqueline @loganchasi @TendayiManyange @ZimTradeAlerts @ZimTreasury @Min_of_IC

3/ A country such as ours 'ld benefit from such mining challenges as both lessons & alerts in season. @kwirirayi @henryhakula

South America controls about 70% of the world’s lithium, and none of the infrastructure needed to put it to work https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-11/lithium-battery-dreams-get-a-rude-awakening-in-south-america via @technology

Lithium Battery Dreams Get a Rude Awakening in South America

South America controls about 70% of the world’s reserves of lithium, the metal used in rechargeable batteries for mobile phones and electric vehicles, but none of the infrastructure needed to put it...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-11/lithium-battery-dreams-get-a-rude-awakening-in-south-america

4/ Worthy extrapolations will be on such curves or touching on the significance of the same. @matigary @SandeJaqueline

Lithium hit by oversupply and electric vehicle subsidy cuts https://www.ft.com/content/2e5f7e2c-c5c6-11e9-a8e9-296ca66511c9 via @financialtimes

5/ Who will we be, or who are we already talking to?
@VusiNyamazana @henryhakula @TrevorNcube @Busisa74 @ShingiMunyeza

Brazilian lithium producer Sigma in talks with Tesla, other automakers https://cnb.cx/2Mvupok

6/ Large scale mining is being seen by a big miner as not the most profitable way to go. What to read from it & from between the lines? #Makorokoza

@jamwanda2 @matigary @mavhure @TendayiManyange @SandeJaqueline @henryhakula @kwirirayi

7/ Modelling & scaling the mining strategy. A perspective...

@Jamwanda2 @mnangagwameter @ShingiMunyeza @peterndoro @ZimTradeAlerts @FingazLive

Rio chief looks beyond mining’s ‘big is beautiful’ paradigm https://www.ft.com/content/2f8004d6-f70b-11e9-a79c-bc9acae3b654 via @financialtimes

Rio chief looks beyond mining’s ‘big is beautiful’ paradigm

Larger, riskier projects will come under more scrutiny, says Jean-Sébastien Jacques

https://www.ft.com/content/2f8004d6-f70b-11e9-a79c-bc9acae3b654

8/ What does this mean for opportunities in our economics, & threat levels from opportunists to our political stability & equity? @VusiNyamazana @matigary

As electric vehicle production ramps up worldwide, a supply crunch for battery materials is looming https://cnb.cx/2JTysuw

As electric vehicle production ramps up worldwide, a supply crunch for battery materials is looming

As car manufacturers ramp up production of electric cars, metals used to make the vehicles' batteries may face a supply crunch, according to a new report.

https://cnb.cx/2JTysuw

9/ Mining is an opportunity for us & our minerals a reason for undue external forces on us. Partner search & selection might be complete! @Jamwanda2 @MinisterSBMoyo @matigary @VusiNyamazana

How China is set to dominate the next Industrial Revolution. https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/05/01/mining-the-future-china-critical-minerals-metals/

Mining the Future

How China is set to dominate the next Industrial Revolution.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/05/01/mining-the-future-china-critical-minerals-metals/

10/ + Region needs stability and great optics on the mining story for it to succeed. https://twitter.com/miriranguva/status/1202278438352101376?s=20

https://twitter.com/miriranguva/status/1202278438352101376?s=20

11/ #ZimChinaComprehensiveStrategicPartnership

@MichaelMuteked1 @Jamwanda2 @matigary @matinyarare @nyashaneta @SandeJaqueline @TendayiManyange @Mavhure @garweh2011 @VusiNyamazana @JonesMusara @henryhakula

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/05/29/no-access-to-rare-earth-minerals-could-be-serious-problem-for-uss-high-tech-production-says-expert.html

12/ Lithium @ Arcadia watch... #Programmatic #Milestones https://twitter.com/miriranguva/status/1213965352952053760?s=21

https://twitter.com/miriranguva/status/1213965352952053760?s=21

13/ Timing & market segment will be key with this mineral. Maybe beneficiation for a local market will be better. African batteries for Electric car imports? @henryhakula @VusiNyamazana @UtedziV

Lithium producer Livent falls 12% after guidance cut https://www.ft.com/content/687a1a2a-3229-11ea-9703-eea0cae3f0de

Lithium producer Livent falls 12% after guidance cut

Company warns market conditions remain ‘challenging’

https://www.ft.com/content/687a1a2a-3229-11ea-9703-eea0cae3f0de

14/ Mining visions' promises have to be accompanied by clarity on variances to projected out-turns. Whether some attribute it to corruption or poor planning, these mega deals cost more than expected. @matigary @Jamwanda2 @VusiNyamazana @SandeJaqueline @henryhakula @PTChimusoro

15/ Gold exports are Zim's opportunity to buttress its ZWL value,
BUT
being risked by the violence surrounding its extraction & trade. @SandeJaqueline @MichaelMuteked1 @jewels_bbyju

Venezuela's Guaido seeks EU 'blood gold' designation for informal... https://reut.rs/2t41Ic7

16/ Palladium trade body warns of supply pinch in London https://www.ft.com/content/0cbe9b3a-3df4-11ea-a01a-bae547046735 via @FinancialTimes

@ZimTradeAlerts @MthuliNcube @ZimTreasury @Jamwanda2 @matigary

Palladium trade body warns of supply pinch in London

Industry group says market is tighter now than it has been for more than 20 years

https://www.ft.com/content/0cbe9b3a-3df4-11ea-a01a-bae547046735

17/ We really need sector order to avoid greater economic disorder @SADC_News @DrTaxs @InfoMinZW @Moha_Zim @Jamwanda2 @TendayiManyange @matigary

There were 19 attacks on gold facilities last year, almost double the number in 2018 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-02/gold-mine-gangs-tote-ak-47s-to-outgun-south-african-police via @markets

Gold Mine Gangs Tote AK-47s to Outgun South African Police

At 10 p.m. on the second Sunday in December, a criminal platoon armed with AK-47 and R6 assault rifles stormed one of the largest gold mines still operating on South Africa’s fabled Witwatersrand...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-02/gold-mine-gangs-tote-ak-47s-to-outgun-south-african-police

18/ If we are going to have shorter booms in economic cycles due to more frequent disasters, a mining strategy will potentially hedge well an economy like ours. @VusiNyamazana @MoyoNjaja

Mining Exploration Price Index highest since 2013 – report https://bit.ly/2YE59D1

Mining Exploration Price Index highest since 2013 – report

EPI, which measures the relative change in precious and base metals prices, weighted by the percentage of overall exploration spending for each metal as a proxy of its relative importance to the...

https://bit.ly/2YE59D1

19/

The US$12B roadmap has to be safeguarded!

Not only is it one of the best catalysts we have for other sectors but it also is a test of our responsibility and capacity for nation building... @Mavhure @rangamataire

Zim’s gold export receipts tumble 23% https://businesstimes.co.zw/zims-gold-export-receipts-tumble-23/

Zim’s gold export receipts tumble 23% - Business Times

LIVINGSTONE MARUFU Zimbabwe’s gold export receipts tumbled 23% in the first 10 months of this year to US$697m from US$906.7m earned in the same period last year due to low deliveries amid fears of...

https://businesstimes.co.zw/zims-gold-export-receipts-tumble-23/

20/ Gold smuggling is getting us more of North Eastern France bubbly drinks, Gucci accessories & Maranello made vehicles disproportionate to the optimum fiscal muscle employable towards progressive national capital expenditures. @SirNige @BusisaMoyo @MelodyChakatsva @JaqueSand

21/ There is a need to invest in the US$12B Mining roadmap's security & risk management structures if it is to sustainably attract investors & markets from far & wide. Any efforts to increase Intelligence operations in the sector must be applauded & supported. @ZimDevUpdates

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