The Southern African country of Zimbabwe, since banning the export of raw lithium concentrates and all raw or unbeneficiated minerals, has received up to $1 billion in investments for processing plants.
These investments have primarily come from Chinese investors operating lithium mines in Zimbabwe.
A clear example of this was when Sichuan Yahua Industrial Group Co. announced the construction of a lithium plant in Zimbabwe, the third such project in the country.
Yahua, which operates the Kamativi lithium mine in a joint venture with Zimbabwe, announced on a Shenzhen Exchange platform that it has commenced construction on a plant to produce lithium sulfate.
Developments since the lithium ban in Zimbabwe
