Zimbabwe: Lithium Smuggling Rampant As Zimbabwe Fails to End Corruption

Zimbabwe: Lithium Smuggling Rampant As Zimbabwe Fails to End Corruption

Harare, Zimbabwe -- Zimbabwe is among the world's top producers of lithium. But border guards, mine employees and researchers say records show only a fraction of what's really moving out of the country.

Lithium Smuggling Rampant as Zimbabwe Fails to End Corruption

Zimbabwe is among the world’s top producers of lithium. But border guards, mine employees and researchers say records show only a fraction of what’s really moving out of the country. Source: Lithium Smuggling Rampant as Zimbabwe Fails to End Corruption Linda Mujuru, GPJ Zimbabwe By Linda Mujuru This story was originally published by Global Press Journal. HARARE, ZIMBABWE — In 2023, Peter, a truck driver, was approaching a border checkpoint bet…

Lithium Smuggling Rampant As Zimbabwe Fails To End Corruption - The Bulrushes

Harare – In 2023, Peter, a truck driver, was approaching a border checkpoint between Zimbabwe and Mozambique. He had little reason to question what was in his truck’s sealed container – he’d transported shipments for this Chinese-owned company before. “We just thought everything was in order,” he says. But rather than chrome, the mineral listed on the container’s paperwork, inspectors found raw lithium. By law, unprocessed lithium shouldn’t leav…