# ME Elecmetal to build $40M mill ball manufacturing plant in Kalumbila, Zambia

ME Elecmetal, through its joint venture ME Long Teng Zambia, will build a $40 million mill ball manufacturing facility in Kalumbila, Zambia, expected to be operational by Q1 2018. The plant will supply mines in Zambia, DRC, and South Africa.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-09-15
- Where: Kalumbila, North-Western Province, Zambia, Zambia
- Value: $40.0M
- Starts operating: Q1 2018
- Status: under construction
- Products: mill balls
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md), [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [ME Elecmetal](https://endata.com/companies/26950.md)
- [ME Long Teng Zambia](https://endata.com/companies/26951.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [miningweekly.com](https://www.miningweekly.com/article/kalumbila-facility-will-service-global-mining-industry-draws-in-other-manufacturers-2017-09-15), 2017-09-15: "By the first quarter of 2018, a building site in Kalumbila, in North-Western province, in Zambia, will be transformed into a $40-million manufacturing facility that will produce high-quality mill balls for mines in Zambia, neighbouring countries and the world market."

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