Zimbabwe Mulls Conditions, Tax for Lifting Lithium Export Ban

Zimbabwe is considering ending a ban on lithium concentrate exports if miners agree to pay an extra tax on shipments and set up additional processing plants by the start of next year.

The southern African nation – one of the world’s largest suppliers of the battery metal – suspended exports of concentrate in February to encourage investors to accelerate the development of facilities capable of making a higher value lithium sulfate product. The Chinese firms, which dominate the industry in Zimbabwe, had only been expecting the ban to start in January 2027.

Lithium miners could receive a quota for concentrate ...