Zimbabwe's May 2026 exports stood at $884 million, with $464 million of that, 52.5%, coming from semi-manufactured gold. The United Arab Emirates absorbed $448.7 million of total exports, the majorit

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s attempt to control cobalt exports has entered its first major test after a government customs system failure threatened up to 20,000 tonnes of shipments worth circa

Zimbabwe has completed its first commercial shipment of fresh blueberries to China, transforming a market access agreement signed in 2025 into actual trade and opening a premium export corridor into o

Zimbabwe's gold deliveries to Fidelity Gold Refinery reached 4.81 tonnes in June 2026, the highest single monthly figure recorded in 2026, the second highest historically just behind December 2025's 4

Zimbabwe’s tobacco marketing season has moved within touching distance of another record crop, with growers selling 348.79 million kilograms by Day 84 on 3 July, 4.7% above the 333.26 million kilogram

Zimbabwe marketed 5,079,907 kilograms of seed cotton by 18 June 2026. At the same point in 2025, the figure was 310,625 kilograms. That 1,536% difference in early-season marketing volumes is the singl

De Beers has cut its prices in July 2026, reflecting growing pressure as weak Chinese luxury demand, the rapid expansion of lab-grown diamonds, and increased rough supply from producers such as Angola

Zimbabwe has recorded USD 2.532 billion in mineral export proceeds in the first half of 2026 from 10 commodity categories, with the revenue distribution pointing to the biggest structural shift in the

Zimbabwe's lithium sector brought in USD 746 million in H1 2026, USD 672.8 million from spodumene concentrates and USD 73.2 million from lithium sulphate. That revenue mix is the clearest measure yet

Zimbabwe's platinum group metal exports generated USD 1.206 billion in the first half of 2026, comprising USD 859.1 million from PGM matte and USD 347.6 million from PGM concentrates, making the PGM c

Zimbabwe’s official Fire Assay cash buying price decreased 25.3% to US$3,764.15 per ounce on 21 July 2026 from a 2026 peak of US$5,041.57 per ounce on 29 January, reducing the revenue generated from e

The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board will close Zimbabwe’s 2026 auction tobacco floors on Friday, 31 July, after cumulative national sales reached 354.10 million kilograms by selling day 95 on 20

The National Railways of Zimbabwe, Beitbridge Bulawayo Railway and logistics company Silvergill have transported the first 1,000 tonnes of lithium concentrate from Tsingshan Holding Group’s Gwanda Lit

Zimbabwe’s growers delivered 353,813,565 kilogrammes of tobacco across the 2026 marketing season at an average of USD 2.49 per kilogramme according to the latest data from the Tobacco Industries and M

Zimbabwe's steel sector generated USD 137 million in export proceeds in the first half of 2026, already surpassing the full-year 2025 total of USD 92.1 million in six months. In Q1 2026, steel exports

resident Emmerson Mnangagwa has told an industrialisation conference last week that Zimbabwe would rather leave its minerals in the ground than export them unprocessed, declaring the era of what he ca

Sorghum deliveries have reached 31,951 tonnes between 1 April and 24 July 2026, up 15% on the 27,804 tonnes marketed a year earlier, on Agricultural Marketing Authority data. It is the slowest riser o

Zimbabwe’s platinum industry has entered its strongest cash generation window in years while part of the capital required to sustain output, replace equipment and approve expansion remains locked in u

Zimplats has held production in matte at 606,300 6E ounces in the year ended June 2026 after mining and milling improvements lifted concentrate output 5% to 660,400 ounces. The flat final output conce

Zimbabwe has recorded its highest monthly export value on record at least six years in June 2026, with merchandise exports rising 63.1% from May to US$1.442 billion. Imports increased 11.5% to a reco