LAFARGE CEMENT SELLING LIKE HOTCAKES
By Derrick Sinjela published on Monday 11th July 2011
THE Government of the Republic of Zambia has put in place policies to grow the economy and specifically targeted at infrastructure development.
The insistence on infrastructural development has motivated the private sector to emulate Central Government interventions, with Lafarge Cement taking advantage of this incentive.
Last year Lafarge Cement launched a new product aptly named ‘Power Plus’ introduced to cater for the growing domestic and commercial construction market.
Lafarge Cement Zambia Superset is a product designed from 42.5R Portland Limestone cement used for block making and concrete.
The new product is a solution to the demands of block making and concrete market which are on the increase in Zambia.
Launching the product last year, then Minister of Commerce Trade and Industry Felix Chipota Mutati described the construction sector as testament of a development evolution.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton shares a toast with Zambia’s Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry Felix Mutati at the U.S. National Day Reception at the Mulungushi International Conference Center in Lusaka, Zambia, Friday, June 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)
“Cement manufacturers like Lafarge Cement are taking advantage of the booming commercial and domestic construction market,” Mutati had noted.
Former United Party for National Development (UPND) Kafue Member of Parliament (MP) Bob Sichinga was recently appointed as Commerce. Trade and Industry Minister by Zambia’s 5th Republican President Michael Chilufya Sata.
Sichinga is deputized by Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) Chilanga MP, Keith Mukata.
