R&F Properties to Invest USD1 Billion in Zimbabwe Iron and Steel
Xu Wei
DATE:  Aug 29 2017
/ SOURCE:  Yicai
R&F Properties to Invest USD1 Billion in Zimbabwe Iron and Steel R&F Properties to Invest USD1 Billion in Zimbabwe Iron and Steel

(Yicai Global) Aug. 29 -- Chinese real estate developer Guangzhou R&F Properties Co. [HKG:2777] recently made preparations to invest in Africa, Chinese news outlet The Paper reported on Aug. 29.

The company will invest USD1 billion into Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Co., which could produce more than a million tons of iron and steel in the following 18 months, said Mike Bimha, Zimbabwe's Minister of Industry. In the past six months, Zimbabwe Iron and Steel has conducted negotiations with R&F Properties and laid out a cooperation framework. It penned agreements last month in Guangzhou, the report said.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugage held a meeting with Zhang Li, co-chairman of R&F Properties, and reached a preliminary agreement that investment in the second and third stages could rise to USD2 billion, the report added.

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Keywords:   R&F Properties,Africa,Zimbabwe,Steel