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Mining operator

Zimasco (Private) Limited

An integrated chrome and ferrochrome operator mapped from Great Dyke ore supply through Kwekwe smelting and rail logistics to Maputo.

WHY IT MATTERS

Zimasco provides a full mineral-to-market chain from chromite mines to electricity-intensive conversion and export logistics.

APEX LENSES
ChromeFerrochromeGreat DykeKwekweRail
CONNECTED ASSETSMine + processing · operatingZimasco Great Dyke ferrochrome system

Midlands / Great Dyke · chrome

Mining complex · operatingZimasco Central Chrome Mines

Midlands / Great Dyke · chrome

OPERATING CONTEXT
VERIFIEDZimasco states that its majority shareholder is Sinosteel Corporation, a state-owned enterprise of the People's Republic of China.

Chromite mining · Ore supply and contractor mining · High-carbon ferrochrome smelting at Kwekwe

VERIFIEDZimasco identifies Sinosteel as its majority shareholder; Sinosteel continues to report on its Zimbabwe chromium mining operations.

Chromite mining · Ore preparation · Feed supply to Kwekwe ferrochrome smelting

REGULATORY EXPOSURETitle and operating rights · current-frameworkMining title and operating-rights framework

Mines and Minerals Act [Chapter 21:05]

Environmental approval · activeMining environmental and social impact approval

Environmental Management Act framework and EMA ESIA process

Environmental liability · activePolluter-pays environmental liability

SI 2026-092 Environmental Liability: Polluter Pays Regulations

Export control · activeUnbeneficiated base-mineral export control

SI 2023-005 Base Minerals Export Control (Unbeneficiated Base Mineral Ores) Order

Marketing and dealing · current-frameworkNon-gold mineral marketing and export regime

Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe Act [Chapter 21:04]

Tax and fiscal · watchMining tax and fiscal framework

Zimbabwe tax legislation and current ZIMRA mining tax rates

REGULATORY DISCIPLINE
GRAPH INTERPRETATIONExposure is not a compliance allegation.

Apex links operators to rules that can affect their mineral systems. Asset-specific permits, breaches, exemptions or liabilities are only promoted when separately evidenced.

LONGITUDINAL HISTORY2026-08-14 · RegulationPolluter-pays liability enters the mining risk stack

The 2026 environmental-liability regulations add a new dated regulatory layer for rehabilitation, environmental risk and capital exposure across mining systems.

CHANGE COVERAGE
1 DATED EVENTSHistory is now part of the operator graph.

Ownership, capital, commissioning, operating-state and regulation changes can accumulate here without overwriting the current institution profile.

CONNECTED PEOPLE

No named Builder connection mapped yet.

CONNECTED PROJECTS

Project relationships for this institution are added as evidence is verified.

ATLAS NODES

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SOURCE TRAILAsset intelligence · Zimasco (Private) Limited · verifiedBusiness OperationsAsset intelligence · Zimasco (Private) Limited · verifiedZimasco overviewAsset intelligence · Sinosteel Corporation · verifiedZimbabwe chromium industry operating review
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