adminRio Tinto’s ageing Quebec plant gets US$535m upgrade
A Rio Tinto plant in Quebec is getting an upgrade — and backing from Canada’s government — to help the mining giant slash greenhouse gas emissions and boost output of metals crucial to electric vehicles.
West’s reaction to explosions in Ukraine apotheosis of hypocrisy, says Kosachev
Herald Correspondent The reaction of Western countries to Russia’s massive strike with high-precision weapons on Ukrainian energy, military command and communications facilities is simply the apotheosis of hypocrisy. This was…
Beef slaughter charges fall as CSC-Boustead Beef bullies market
THE Cold Storage Company (CSC), now CSC-Boustead Beef Zimbabwe returned to bully the market after a two-decade hiatus with cattle slaughter charges in and around Bulawayo dropping by a whopping 400 percent from US$75 to an average of U$15 per beast.
‘Joint ventures promote maximum land utilisation, boost production’
CALLS to treat agriculture as a business and give impetus to the industrialisation of rural areas are growing louder by the day with the Government urging farmers to enter strategic joint venture and contracts arrangements that will enable them to fully utilise land and produce optimally.
Pfumvudza to spawn agri-business for smallholder farmers
THE Government has reminded farmers that the climate-proofed Pfumvudza/Intwasa programme whose inputs are being distributed countrywide signified a new wave of entrepreneurship and commerce in the agriculture sector at small-scale level.
EcoCash Holdings attains top ISO security certification
Herald Correspondent _ISO/IEC 27001:2013 security certification an endorsement of group’s robust systems and process_ EcoCash Holdings Zimbabwe Limited (EHZ) has attained ISO 27001 certification, becoming the country’s first financial technology…
Cattle rustlers busted in Macheke, 24 cattle recovered
Victor Maphosa Mashonaland East Bureau Police in Macheke, Mashonaland East Province this week arrested four suspects, including a 15-year-old juvenile on allegations of stealing 29 cattle from Moria B Farm…
Zimbabwe prison chess players in intercontinental championships
Herald Reporter A national chess team drawn from the country’s prisons will tomorrow participate in the 2nd Intercontinental Online Chess Championships for Prisoners. Zimbabwe’s team, which is the only African…
Gokwe stuck with 10 unclaimed bodies
Freedom Mupanedemo Midlands Bureau GOKWE District Hospital authorities have engaged the police seeking assistance in clearing its mortuary which has 10 unclaimed bodies. Midlands Provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko…
Robbers raid family, steal US$20k, rape mother and three daughters
Freedom Mupanedemo Midlands Bureau THREE armed robbers broke into a house in Kwekwe’s Mbizo 19 suburb and got away with US$20 000 cash among other valuables. The three robbers also…