Local company to venture into fertilizer manufacturing in Nkhota Kota

Officials at Ethanol Company Limited (ETHCO) says it will soon start manufacturing organic using the ethanol effluent.

They say plans for the fertilizer project at Dwangwa Illovo Sugar Estate in Nkhotakota is at an advanced stage.

ETHCO Chief Executive Officer, Lusubiro Chakaniza said caring for the environment is one of the company’s pillars citing that the factory will have an impact on the sugar industry as it will improve some challenges like cost of fertiliser.

Chakaniza said the plant will have the capacity to produce approximately 10,000 metric tons of potassium fertiliser per year.

“We will be manufacturing fertiliser from wastes that our company is producing to promote zero emissions to industrial activities, she said.

Chakaniza said, currently, they are facing supply chain challenges because of the Red Sea war but by mid-this year the plant will be fully operational.