THE Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) has completed the construction of a 27km temporary power line to supply electricity at the Mvuma Steel production company site, setting back in motion the establishment of what is to become Africa’s biggest steel-making firm, it has emerged.
The temporary powerline will provide the required electricity at a time the permanent one, a 97km-long high voltage power line from Sherwood in Kwekwe, is being put in place.
The steel plant is being established by Chinese company, Dinson Steel.
Dinson, a subsidiary of Chinese conglomerate Tsingshan Holdings, was given exclusive rights to set up a new town between Mvuma, Chivhu and Chirumanzu districts around its new plant.