{"id":99382,"date":"2024-10-09T11:08:04","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T09:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/bcc-invites-investors-to-special-economic-zone"},"modified":"2024-10-09T13:10:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T11:10:47","slug":"bcc-invites-investors-to-special-economic-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/bcc-invites-investors-to-special-economic-zone","title":{"rendered":"BCC invites investors to special economic zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>BULAWAYO City Council has approved the production of cement by a Chinese investment company, Lebanmon Investment Private Limited, at Umvimila special economic zone.<\/p>\n<p>Council chairperson of the finance and development committee Mpumelelo Moyo confirmed the development to NewsDay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe received an application from Lebanmon Investment Private Limited, a subsidiary of West International Holdings Limited, an international group integrating cement production and marketing in Africa and central Asian countries,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe first of all approved it on September 26 as the finance and development committee after viewing it as a game changer in terms of economic development<\/p>\n<p>Added Moyo: \u201cThe city is inviting more investors to Umvumila Industrial Park, which is a special economic zone with 188 hectares of virgin land.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Once operational, the facility will produce 900 000 tonnes per year of cement, with plans to export to regional markets including Zambia, Botswana and Mozambique.<\/p>\n<p>The grinding plant was previously planned for Cowdray Park, also in Bulawayo, but the application was rejected in July 2024.<\/p>\n<p>A council report reads: \u201cThe establishment of a cement mixing plant is expected to benefit Bulawayo Metropolitan province and other provinces in many ways, such as increased supply of cement, employment for more than 500 local people, increased export earnings for the province, enhanced technology and better equipment for the domestic cement industry in Zimbabwe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Zimbabwe Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. BULAWAYO City Council has approved the production of cement by a Chinese investment company, Lebanmon Investment Private Limited, at Umvimila special economic zone. Council chairperson of the finance and development committee Mpumelelo Moyo confirmed the development to NewsDay. \u201cWe received an application from Lebanmon Investment Private Limited, a subsidiary of West International [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":99381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[19],"class_list":{"0":"post-99382","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-economy","9":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BCC invites investors to special economic zone - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"BULAWAYO City Council has approved the production of cement by a Chinese investment company, Lebanmon Investment Private ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/bcc-invites-investors-to-special-economic-zone\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BCC invites investors to special economic zone\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BULAWAYO City Council has approved the production of cement by a Chinese investment company, Lebanmon Investment Private ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/bcc-invites-investors-to-special-economic-zone\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-09T09:08:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-10-09T11:10:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/10\/sm_1728459610.272558.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"449\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/bcc-invites-investors-to-special-economic-zone\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/bcc-invites-investors-to-special-economic-zone\",\"name\":\"BCC invites investors to special economic zone - 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