Zimbabwe Shuts Down Chinese-Owned Bikita Minerals Weeks After Claims of Lithium Mineral Looting
Harare: Zimbabwe’s largest lithium mine Bikita Minerals, currently owned by China’s Sinomine Resource Group, has been ordered to suspend operations, reported New Zimbabwe.It 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.Mines and Mining Development deputy minister Polite