Ramotswa Steel in deep financial trouble

HARARE - Ramotswa Steel's hopes of getting a rescue package from its Zimbabwean holding company, Ziscosteel, look increasingly bleak after the parent company admitted it is technically insolvent.

Ziscosteel chief executive officer, Alois Gowo, said the steel manufacturing giant is saddled with large debts of about US$18.5 million.

Ziscosteel completely stopped production in January last year, after years of operating at far below capacity.  So desperate is the situation that the company has been meeting some of its obligations like paying workers' salaries through the sale of sundry items and by-products.

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