"Afrochine Chrome Smelting breaks chains of poverty to improve the lives of Zimbabweans" 26 September 2022

Despite challenging economic conditions confronting rural communities in Zimbabwe, the Afrochine Chrome Smelting continues to improve the quality of life.

Afro-chine Chrome Smelting is a ferrochrome smelting plant established in 2012, and subsidiary of China’s second-biggest stainless-steel products manufacturer, Tsingshan Group.

Located in Selous, Chegutu, Afrochine’s smelters have produced in excess of 50,000 metric tonnes of ferrochrome annually since operations began. [...]

Having invested over US$1 billion to better the lives of the underprivileged, Afrochine Chrome Smelting pinned its hope on infrastructure development through its mining projects across Zimbabwe to create much-needed jobs to improve the socioeconomic issues of civilians in the Chegutu rural district.

According to Dan Zvobgo, a former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Chegutu Rural District Council, livelihoods have improved since 2012, and the pool of employment opportunities provided by the chrome smelting giant has saved lives and bridged socio-economic disparities.

“Parents can now afford to send their children to school, digital literacy has improved with rural communities affording ICT devices, and improved health care service delivery because of the chrome smelting project,” says Zvobgo. [...]