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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 87632, member: 27"]
Zimbabwe's blanket freeze on lithium concentrate exports just spooked the market, but one company insists its project won't feel the hit.

Premier's Zulu project outlook
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[*]Premier African Minerals says the ban won't derail its Zulu Lithium and Tantalum Project.
[*]Their new flotation plant is arriving and getting installed right now.
[*]Zulu sits roughly 80 km from Bulawayo as a major, undeveloped deposit.
[*]Premier had already pitched a beneficiation plan to the ministry in 2024.
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What the export ban actually does
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[*]Zimbabwe axed all lithium concentrate and raw mineral shipments immediately.
[*]Even stuff already in transit got caught up in the freeze.
[*]Most exports have historically been unprocessed spodumene concentrate.
[*]Authorities want refined chemicals leaving the country, not raw ore.
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Chinese-run mines face the biggest squeeze
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[*]Sinomine Resource Group operates Bikita Minerals in the country.
[*]Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt controls the Arcadia mine operation.
[*]Suzhou TA&A Ultra Clean Technology has put money into Premier itself.
[*]Large-scale lithium operations bear the real weight here.
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