Zimbabwe: Bikita Minerals Suspends Operations, Weeks After Claims of Lithium Looting

Chinese-owned Bikita Minerals, Zimbabwe’s largest producer of lithium, has suspended operations at its Masvingo mine for seven days to address ‘concerns raised by authorities’ a few weeks after claims of looting were raised by a local watchdog.

Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG) Director Farai Maguwu on May 2 claimed massive looting of lithium at the mine. 42 trucks of lithium ore were said to be leaving the site on a daily basis.

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