Zambezi Portland Cement Increased Its Monthly Cement Production

Zambezi Portland Cement, a cement manufacturing plant in Ndola, increased its monthly cement manufacturing by three thousand tonnes for servicing the growing local demand of commodity. The chief financial officer of Zambezi Portland Cement, Peter Kang’ombe, in an interview said that the cement manufacturing firm has increased its monthly production from thirty-six thousand tones to thirty-nine thousand tones in the recent past months but still the demand for the commodity in the local market remained high, compelling Zambezi Portland Cement to reduce the cement exports by ten percent of the monthy output.

Kang’ombe said, “This quarter, we have increased our monthly production to 39,000 tonnes from 36,000 tonnes, in line with the growing market demand for cement locally. We have also cut down on exports by 10 per cent, with the main outside market being the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) due to its proximity.”

According to Kang’ombe, most of the cement from Portland Cement Zambia was being used in the Kalumbila Mine project by FQM (First Quantum Minerals) in Solwezi. No matter what the market situation is, Zambezi Portland Cement did not make any adjustments to the wholesale price of its cement. The price of 50kg bag of cement that’s manufactured by ZPC is K55 in the local market while that of commodity sold in huge volume is K1, 100 each tonne.

The cement manufacturing firm consistently operated all through the year and the workforce of the plant was even well-maintained to ensure  efficiency and production. The company actually started to produce cement in the year 2009 from the month of October. Today, Portland Cement Zambia manufactures 1400 tonnes cement every day in Ndola.