Cases / Mining · Zimbabwe · 2025
Zimbabwe to ban export of lithium concentrates from 2027
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Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
Zimbabwe is to ban exports of lithium concentrates from January 2027, after an ore ban in 2022, Mining.com reported. The sources reviewed do not set out what is at stake for nature.
What?
Zimbabwe will ban lithium concentrate exports from January 2027, Mining.com reported. Mining.com
Where?
Zimbabwe Mining.com
When?
Reported June 2025; ban effective January 2027 Mining.com
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Export ban on lithium concentrates, following an ore ban in 2022, per Mining.com. Mining.com
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who
What happened
The record, in order.
Mining.com reported that Zimbabwe will ban exports of lithium concentrates from January 2027, after an ore ban in 2022.
According to the same report, Chinese companies have invested more than $1 billion since 2021.
The report says the government had loosened its approach in 2023 when prices fell.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- None on record The sources reviewed do not say how the 2027 ban will be enforced.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not say who gains from the ban or from the investment.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not describe the environmental effects of lithium processing in Zimbabwe.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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Press and investigations
- Zimbabwe to ban export of lithium concentrates from 2027Mining.com · 2025-06-11
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