Recently, the Zimbabwe Environmental Management Agency (EMA) ordered Wih-Zim Cement, a subsidiary of Western Cement, to stop the construction of the Magunj plant. The project, with a total investment of US $1 billion, is planned to produce 1.2 million tons of cement and 1.8 million tons of clinker annually, but the company violated the conditions of the environmental impact assessment (EIA), including the failure to compensate the relocated families. EMA imposed a fine of $5000 and made it clear that the plant could not continue construction until compensation and related formalities had been completed.
