INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Batoka power plant construction set for next year

Zambia and Zimbabwe will start building the 2 400MW Batoka Gorge hydropower plant next year, a company jointly owned by the two governments said yesterday. The Batoka project involves construction of ...

By Reuters | Published: 03 July 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Power generation to improve

WORK on the much anticipated $5,2 billion Batoka Gorge Hydro Electricity project will soon commence after President Mnangagwa met officials from the main contractors, General Electric and Power China ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 November 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

AfDB begins to secure $4bn for Batoka development

THE African Development Bank (AfDB) has begun implementation of a resource mobilisation plan to secure an estimated $4 billion for the development of the 2 400 megawatts Batoka Gorge Hydro Electricity...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 September 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Batoka project on course

The Batoka Gorge Hydro Electricity project, which is set to generate 2 400MW on completion, is on course amid indications that the Council of Ministers from Zimbabwe and Zambia are expected to meet so...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

$4,5bn Batoka deal to create 6 000 jobs

Zimbabwe and Zambia have agreed on principles for the $4,5 billion Batoka Gorge Hydro Electricity project secured by Harare, paving way for a technical meeting this week between experts from two the c...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 July 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Chinese, US firms in joint bid for Batoka

GLOBAL electrical engineering giants, China Power and United States incorporated General Electric (GE), have launched a joint bid for a contract to construct the 2 400-megawatt Batoka Gorge hydropower...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Chinese firm, GE in talks over Batoka

AN UNNAMED Chinese firm linked to the financing and construction of the $3 billion Batoka Gorge Hydro-Electric Scheme is in discussions with American conglomerate General Electric (GE) for a possible ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 April 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Financiers interested in Batoka Gorge power project

Zambia and Zimbabwe plan to start construction of a $4 billion power-plant complex that will supply both nations next year.The African Development Bank is advising the Zambezi River Authority on raisi...

By Bloomberg | Published: 29 March 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Investor eyes Batoka Hydro Power project

General Electric South Africa representatives are in the country to explore investment opportunities in Zimbabwe.Appearing before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy this morning...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 February 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Italian firm to complete Batoka feasibility study by Dec

ITALIAN firm, Studio Pietrangeli, has failed to update feasibility studies for the proposed 2 400 megawatt Batoka Gorge Hydroelectric Scheme as scheduled, despite winning the tender for the project fo...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 August 2017

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Nine bidders for Batoka project

THE Zambezi River Authority (ZRA), an entity owned by the governments of Zimbabwe and Zambia has narrowed down to nine the list of bidders vying to develop the proposed Batoka project, it has been est...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 April 2014

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Batoka power project gets $6m

ZAMBEZI River Authority (ZRA), a company which manages the water resources of the Zambezi River on behalf  of Zimbabwe and Zambia, has secured $6 million from the World Bank for the updating of ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 December 2013

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Brazilian firm eyes Batoka gorge project

A top Brazilian construction firm, Andrade Gutierrez (AG) has expressed interest in developing the Batoka Gorge Hydro Power Project being implemented by Zimbabwe and Zambia to increase electricity gen...

By New Ziana | Published: 22 November 2013

BUSINESS NEWS

Batoka Gorge project to start before year end

THE construction of the $3 billion Batoka Gorge Hydro Electricity Scheme is set to start by the end of next year after the completion of the $2.5 million access road linking Victoria Falls through Chi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 September 2013

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Batoka power plant to turn Zim into a net exporter of electricity

THE Zambezi River Authority has shortlisted six international investors for the construction of the 1 600-megawatt hydropower plant at the Batoka Gorge, a senior Government official has said."Initi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 June 2013
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