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Commerce, Trade and Industry
Nitrogen Chemicals Plant
Ndola Lime Company Limited produces limestone,
quicklime and hydrated lime, with copper mines
presently accounting for over 90 percent of the sales
volume. With the company’s production capacity set
to double by 2013, export prospects for lime prod-
ucts to markets such as the DRC, Angola, Malawi
and Tanzania, are expected to increase.
Minerals are also used in the development of other
chemical products, such as cement, adhesives and
glass. Products manufactured for export include ar-
gon gas, sulphuric acid, detonators, automotive bat-
teries, paints, cosmetics, soaps and detergents.
Lafarge Cement Zambia Plc, formerly Chilanga
Cement Plc, is engaged in the manufacturing and
sale of cement, and has two operating facilities: the
Chilanga Plant near Lusaka and the Ndola Plant in
Ndola. The company’s profit before tax increased by
103 percent to K 255 billion in 2009, driven by higher
cement volumes and greater efficiency at the new
Chilanga plant, which was commissioned in March
2009. Lafarge also owns 14 percent of Mbeya Ce-
ment Company Limited.
Cement is also produced by Zambezi Portland Ce-
ment (ZPC), which operates a US$ 40 million ce-
ment plant in Ndola’s light industrial area and has a
capacity of 330 000 tonnes of cement per year.
Engineering
Supplying the copper mines with mining equipment,
the manufacturing of engineering products also com-
posed of metal items such as window frames, doors
and roofing materials, as well as nuts and bolts. Light
engineering and construction products include cop-
per wire, cable and rods, alloys and ingots, cable
carbon brushes, switchgears, pipes and rail sleep-
ers, among many others.
Leather products
By-products of the livestock industry include large
quantities of hides and skins, which find themselves
in both regional and international markets, as well as
finished leather products such as bags, footwear and
leather garments. While cattle hides are traditionally
tanned, the industry in Zambia also utilizes hippo-
potamus and crocodile skins.