“The refinery is better than it was before the shutdown and should soon start producing petrol as well,” Konga told Reuters.
“We should have normal fuel supplies by the coming weekend because Indeni refinery will have reached full production.”
Owing to the collapse of a key component at Indeni has in the last three weeks been experiencing acute scarcity of both diesel and petrol, threatening to bring the country to its knees.
Indeni Petroleum refinery has suffered sudden breakdowns of machinery at the 36-year-old plant.
Indeni was 50% jointly owned by Total El Fina EIF (Total) and the Government of Zambia, which took back Total’s stake in the plant for $5.5 million.
In 2008, Total told Zambia that it planned to sell its stake to another company. But authorities in the country rejected and opted to take on full ownership.
