Chinese firms lauded for investing in Zimbabwe

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Chinese firms lauded for investing in Zimbabwe

STORY: Chinese firms lauded for investing in Zimbabwe DATELINE: June 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:26 LOCATION: BIKITA, Zimbabwe CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE (English): EMMERSON MNANGAGWA, President of Zimbabwe STORYLINE: Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday officiated the launch of a Chinese-funded project to build a processing plant and increase lithium output at Bikita lithium mine, about 320 km from Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe. The 200-million-U.S. dollar project follows the acquisition of mining entity Bikita Minerals by Sinomine Resource Group, a Chinese mineral exploration engineering technical services company, in January. SOUNDBITE (English): EMMERSON MNANGAGWA, Zimbabwean President "My government cherishes the willingness of companies from the People's Republic of China to invest in Zimbabwe. This has led to a number of top-tier Chinese conglomerates investing in various sectors of our economy, with win-win benefits for all. It is my expectation

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