It lies approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi), by road, southeast of Victoria Falls, the nearest large city.

Hwange Colliery is the largest in the country, with proven reserves that are estimated to last over 1,000 years, at current production levels.

In 2010, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique signed an agreement to develop a railway for the export of coal to Technobanine Point near Maputo.

In June 1972, the deadliest mining disaster in the country's history took place when an underground explosion occurred in Wankie No.2 Colliery.

[7] Apart from the one hundred and seventy-six Rhodesians who died, there were ninety-one Zambians, fifty-two from Mozambique, thirty-seven from Malawi, thirty Tanzanians, thirteen from South West Africa, and one from Botswana.