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Deal #4459 Version #67776
Zambia
Created at
2014-09-02
Last update
2020-01-20
Last full update
2024-11-11
Detailed crop, animal and mineral information
Crops area/yield/export
- Cassava (Maniok), Sugar Cane [current]
Comment on crops
The 20,000 small-scale farmers will be required to produce 700,000 metric tonnes of cassava every year.
Comment on mineral resources
The plant is expected to produce 120 million litres of fuel grade bio ethanol.
Use of produce
Has domestic use
Yes
Domestic use
100 %
Comment on use of produce
The plant is expected to produce 120 million litres of fuel grade bio ethanol and it is further anticipated to generate 36 megawatts of electricity.
In country processing of produce
In country processing of produce
Yes
Comment on in country processing of produce
Mahtani Group has partnered with Sunbird Group to build a US$150-million bio-ethanol plant in Luapula. The factory will use cassava as its main raw material- with presumably using sugar cane as a supplementary raw material. forecast to produce 600,000 tonnes of cassava feedstock for the bioethanol plant
Processing facilities / production infrastructure of the project (e.g. oil mill, ethanol distillery, biomass power plant etc.)
The company will start building the bio-refinery plant this year (2020), which is expected to reduce the country’s fuel imports by 10 percent.