Zambia State Mining Firm Strikes Lime Deal With Chinese Operator reports Bloomberg
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Zambia’s state-controlled mining investment company, ZCCM Investments Holdings Plc, agreed to sell a majority stake in a lime and cement venture to a privately held Chinese company.
Wonderful Group of Companies Ltd. will buy a 55% stake in Ndola Lime for $25 million, while also providing the company with a $5 million loan, ZCCM said in an emailed statement. The investment will revive the asset that entered insolvency in 2018, it said.
The deal demonstrates how Zambia’s mining revival is rippling through industries such as copper processing and construction materials, while drawing renewed interest from Chinese investors seeking exposure to the nation’s resources sector.
The purchase is Wonderful Group’s latest Zambian investment. The company has grown to become one of the biggest conglomerates in the southern African nation since its founding in 2011, and has built facilities from fertilizer plants to tile factories and even a sprawling silk farm.
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