Sable Chemicals
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Sable Chemicals is Zimbabwe's largest fertilizer manufacturer, located in Kwekwe, central Zimbabwe.
Sable's ammonium nitrate fertilizer is supplied to both to the domestic and foreign markets. To produce the hydrogen required for the manufacture of ammonium fertilizer, the company runs the largest electrolysis plant in the world, which splits water into hydrogen and oxygen. In 2007, the company asked the Government of Zimbabwe for USD$40 million to fund major refurbishment of the plant.[1]
The company is directly hooked to the Kariba Dam hydroelectric power plant, where it gets most of its electricity needs, the remainder generated by the ZESA-Munyati power plant. The water required by the plant comes from the Kwekwe River.
Sable is the only manufacturer of ammonium nitrate fertilizer in Zimbabwe. It employs about 520 people and produces upwards of two hundred and fifty in tonnage of fertilizer. The company was opened in 1969.
