Zimbabwe Hosts Mining Week to Boost Minerals Sector
Zimbabwe has announced the launch of Zimbabwe Mining Week, a new annual international conference and exhibition aimed at positioning the country as a competitive and purposeful player in the global critical minerals economy.
The event, hosted by the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development and organised by VUKA Group in partnership with Nzuri Communications, will take place from 17 to 19 November 2026 at the Rainbow Towers Hotel and Conference Centre in Harare.
Zimbabwe Mining Week is designed as the country’s official national platform for engagement between government, mining companies, investors, financiers and solution providers. It seeks to promote the development of Zimbabwe’s mineral sector through processing, industrialisation, energy integration and sustainable value-added growth.
The initiative aims to move the mining conversation beyond extraction and exports, focusing instead on the full mining value chain. This includes local processing and refining, downstream industrialisation, infrastructure development, energy demand, environmental and social governance, and long-term economic resilience.
Zimbabwe is one of Africa’s most resource-rich mining jurisdictions, with deposits of gold, platinum group metals, lithium, chrome, nickel, coal and industrial minerals. Mining contributes about 13 percent to the country’s gross domestic product and is expected to play a central role in national development amid growing global demand for battery and critical minerals.
Speaking at the launch, Minister of Mines and Mining Development Dr Polite Kambamura said Zimbabwe Mining Week would help position the country as an attractive global mining destination by promoting transparency, policy consistency and sustainable investment.
Nzuri Communications Chief Executive Officer Tichaona Mawoni, a founding partner of the platform, said the initiative places Zimbabwe at the centre of the global critical minerals dialogue, with a clear focus on domestic processing, industrialisation and value addition.
VUKA Group Chief Executive Officer David Ashdown said the platform reflects the group’s commitment to connecting Africa to global opportunities that drive investment, industrialisation and sustainable economic growth.
Zimbabwe Mining Week is expected to provide direct access to policymakers, project developers, investors and international partners, serving as a space where policy, capital and infrastructure converge to unlock long-term value from the country’s mineral wealth.
