A subsidiary of Uralchem JSC, Moscow, has opened a branch in Zimbabwe.
United Fertiliser Company Ltd. (UFCL) manufactures compound and blended fertilizers and supplies its products to farmers and commercial growers across Africa, according to a Bulawayo24News report.
The branch opening comes at a time when the Zimbabwe government is wooing foreign investors to help revive the country’s ailing economy.
Uralchem has been keen to beef up connections in Africa, and previously has talked about its ambitions to establish a Russian hub in Zimbabwe, and possibly also in Zambia, in possible cooperation with Uralkali, for the direct supply of mineral fertilizers to the two African nations and potentially their neighbors (GM Feb . 9, 2018).
Last week, Uralchem said it was preparing to open a representative office in Nigeria in the near future, and was also looking to build a plant in the West African country at some point in the future (GM Sept. 24, p. 32).