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The 20,000 small-scale farmers will be required to produce 700,000 metric tonnes of cassava every year. The facility aims to produce 150 million liters of ethanol annually with construction on the site potentially starting in November. ethanol produced from cassava feedstock, blended with petrol (blending was expected to start in August 2022). ethanol plant that will consume 600,000 tonnes of cassava annually.

The plant is expected to produce 120 million litres of fuel grade bio ethanol.

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. The company's intention with this project is to reduce Zambia's fuel imports by 10%, and they are initiating the construction of a bio-refinery plant

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

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.