# ME Long Teng Grinding Media opens $50M mill ball factory in Kalumbila, Zambia

ME Long Teng Grinding Media Zambia officially opened a US$50 million mill ball factory near First Quantum Minerals' Sentinel mine in Kalumbila, Zambia, with an output of 120,000 tonnes of grinding media per year and expected to create up to 200 jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-11-02
- Where: Kalumbila, Zambia
- Value: $50.0M
- Jobs: 200
- Starts operating: 2 Nov 2018
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 120,000 tonnes per year
- Products: mill balls, grinding media
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [ME Long Teng Grinding Media Zambia](https://endata.com/companies/35297.md)
- [First Quantum Minerals](https://endata.com/companies/28234.md) (customer)
- [Long Teng Special Steel](https://endata.com/companies/35298.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [miningreview.com](https://www.miningreview.com/central-africa/mill-grinding-media-now-available-for-purchase-in-zambia/), 2018-11-02: "First Quantum Minerals' establishment of a multi-facility economic zone in Kalumbila, Zambia to create sustainable jobs is well underway after the company celebrated the official opening of a US$50 million mill ball factory near its Sentinel mine."

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