Tobacco farmers reap savings from coal facility

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TOBACCO farmers are currently saving at least US$20 per tonne in production costs, thanks to a coal facility jointly developed by the Tobacco Industry & Marketing Board (TIMB) and Hwange Colliery. TIMB’s head of business development, Tapiwa Chimedza, revealed at a media interface that the partnership with Hwange Colliery has resulted in a 25 percent…