INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Fertiliser manufacturers to engage RBZ over foreign currency support

GOVERNMENT has been called upon to channel foreign currency towards the manufacturer of fertlisers in order to preserve jobs and prevent damage to soil by imported chemicals.This came out in a stateme...

By newzimbabwe | Published: 24 April 2019

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Sable Chemicals warns of fertiliser crisis

SABLE Chemicals Industries (Sable), Zimbabwe's only manufacturer of ammonium nitrate (AN), says it will only be able to meet just about 38% of national demand this year.AN is a top-dressing fertiliser...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 September 2018

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

FSG questioned over $69m fertiliser deal

FERTILISER, Seed Grain (FSG) managing director, Steve Morland was yesterday questioned by Parliament over how his company got the contract to supply fertiliser to the presidential input scheme, with l...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 May 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Fertiliser industry needs $120m for 2018/19 season

THE local fertiliser industry needs $120 million in foreign currency to meet this year's demand of 600 000 tonnes of fertiliser.Chemplex Corporation Limited chief executive officer, Tapuwa Mashingaidz...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 May 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Sable Chemicals targets 30k tonnes fertiliser

Ammonium Nitrate (AN) manufacturer Sable Chemicals is targeting to produce about 30 000 tonnes of fertiliser ahead of the winter cropping season, an official has said.Sable Chemicals chief executive M...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Fertiliser demand shoots up

Zimbabwe's fertiliser demand has reached levels reminiscent and country's Africa's breadbasket status and manufacturers say the spike has seen them raising capacity to meet national requirements. Farm...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 October 2017

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Govt works on $56m fertiliser facility

ZIMBABWE is working on a $56 million facility with the African-Export and Import Bank (Afreximbank) to support importation of fertiliser for the forthcoming agriculture season.The amount would be part...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 October 2017

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

ZFMA wants ban on finished fertilizer imports

The Zimbabwe Fertiliser Manufacturers Association says Government should ban finished fertilizer imports as manufacturers can produce enough to meet demand if fully supported.ZFMA president Mr Tapuwa ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 September 2017

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Sable assures farmers

THE country's sole ammonium nitrate (AN) fertilizer manufacturer, Sable Chemicals, has assured farmers of enough stocks of the commodity for the winter wheat cropping season.Sable Chemicals chief exec...

By Lovemore Zigara | Published: 09 July 2014

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

ZFC consignment finally cleared

The Zimbabwe Fertiliser Company has finally taken delivery of its 12 500 tonnes of ammonium nitrate fertiliser valued at about $7.5 million caught up in congestion at Beira port since December last ye...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 February 2014

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Sable grapple with liquidity and power shortages

THE tedious process of importing and transporting inputs needed for the production of Ammonium Nitrate fertiliser is contributing to its looming shortage as the sole fertiliser producing company conti...

By Business Reporter | Published: 05 December 2013

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Fertiliser companies in cash crisis

Zimbabwe's fertiliser industry says it requires $50 million to sustain operations for the 2013/2014 agricultural season.The industry is operating at an average of 40 percent capacity utilisation as ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 December 2013

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Fertiliser manufacturers urged to boost production

The African Development Bank (AfDB) says there is a need for local fertiliser manufacturers to devise ways of boosting production to stem increasing imports of the commodity into the country.Citing th...

By New Ziana | Published: 04 November 2013

BUSINESS NEWS

Italian investors expresses confidence in Zimbabwe

Italy's leading fertiliser manufacturer Puccioni Fertilisers is planning to introduce a range of products on the Zimbabwean market as part of wider plans to penetrate the southern African market.Pucci...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 September 2013
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