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Zambia: President Hakainde Hichilema has urged investors to capitalise on Zambia's favourable business environment, citing a recent upgrade of Chilanga Cement's plant in Ndola as proof of government support. Speaking via Minister of Mines Paul Kabuswe during the plant’s commissioning, the President highlighted that its daily cement capacity tripled from 500t/day to 1500t/day. The US$25m upgrade, its first since 1969, also included a new lime production line with an annual capacity of 100,000t/yr.

Zambia: Chilanga Cement says that Nason Kasoma, the Deputy Plant Manager of its Ndola cement plant, has died in a road traffic accident. He had been in post since the start of 2022. Kasoma had worked at the Ndola plant for Chilanga Cement and Lafarge Cement Zambia in a variety of maintenance and operations roles from the late 1990s.

Zambia: Chilanga Cement has announced its results for the first half of 2024. Its sales rose by 34% from US$34m in the first half of 2023 to US$45.5m in the reporting period. Profit before tax more than doubled from US$4.2m to US$11.8m.

Zambia: Chilanga Cement has commissioned a US$20m kiln upgrade project, known as the Phoenix Project, at its Ndola plant. This initiative will double the plant's cement production capacity from 500,000t/yr to 1Mt/yr.

Zambia: Chilanga Cement has started lime production at its Ndola plant. The new lime unit at the plant has a production capacity of 108,000t/yr, according to the Times of Zambia newspaper. The project had an investment of US$5m. The subsidiary of Switzerland-based Holcim has launched a new lime produced called ‘PAWA Lime’ targeted at the mining and industrial sectors.

Zambia: China-based Huaxin Cement has increased its stake in Chilanga Cement (formerly Lafarge Zambia) to 81%. The Times of Zambia newspaper has reported that the group previously owned a 75% share of the producer.