Resilient Commodity Supply Chains Built on Trust.
Connecting global producers and industrial consumers across critical minerals, energy, and infrastructure since 2010.
- 2010
- Established in Zambia
- 4+ Sectors
- Metals, Minerals, Power & Energy
- End-to-End
- Pit-to-Port Supply Chain Integrity
Commodity Divisions
Essential Resources Powering Global Growth
Five specialised desks operating across the physical value chain, from mine gate and refinery to industrial consumer.
Metals & Minerals
Copper cathode, zinc ore, manganese ore, gold doré and commercial smelter-grade sulphuric acid sourced from Zambian and regional producers.
Energy & Petroleum
Crude cargoes, refined distillates and heavy fuel oil delivered into landlocked industrial demand centres.
Gas & Base-load Power
Natural gas, LNG parcels and firm grid power structured against long-dated industrial offtake.
Clean Energy & Hydrogen
Utility-scale solar, storage and early-stage hydrogen ventures supporting industrial decarbonisation.
Carbon & Transition Solutions
High-integrity offsets, MRV advisory and decarbonisation roadmaps for industrial counterparties.
Metals & Minerals Desk
Request Material, Specifications and Ex-Works Terms
Submit a firm requirement to the Lusaka trading desk, use the AI material advisor to match your process to the right grade, or download full specification sheets.
Pricing
How Our Ex-Works Prices Are Built
Metals and minerals move on live markets. The reference prices below feed the ex-works calculator so you can see indicative numbers immediately, then request a firm quotation from the Lusaka desk, which responds within one business day.
Sulphuric Acid
H₂SO₄ 98.0% – 98.5% w/wEx-works per tonne at the nominated acid loading gantry, quoted per tanker load and firm for the agreed loading window.
Minimum priced lot: 1 tanker load; term offtake from 1,000 t per month
Copper Cathode
LME Grade A, Cu 99.99% minLME Grade A cash settlement plus or minus a negotiated premium, ex-works warehouse or on agreed CIF terms.
Minimum priced lot: 25 t trial lot; term offtake from 500 t per month
Zinc Ore
Zn 20% – 60%, sized lump and finesPayable-metal pricing against LME zinc quotations, per dry metric tonne ex-works mine gate or stockpile, moisture deducted.
Minimum priced lot: 100 t per lot
Manganese Ore
Mn 38% – 48%, sized and lump fractionsIndex-referenced per dry metric tonne unit of contained manganese, ex-works mine gate or stockpile, moisture deducted.
Minimum priced lot: 500 t per lot
Gold Doré
Au 85% – 96% fineness, silver-bearingRefinery outturn against the LBMA fix, less refining and secured carriage charges.
Minimum priced lot: 5 kg per consignment
What affects your quotation
- · Volume and contract duration
- · Loading point and gantry scheduling
- · Delivery term, from ex-works through to delivered site
- · Payment terms and inspection requirements
See the full rate card — what our loading, inspection, permit and haulage charges cover.
Request indicative pricing
Tell us the product, volume and delivery term you need priced.
Ex-works cost calculator
Price Your Load, Line by Line
Choose a product, loading point, delivery term, volume and road distance to see every cost line between the gantry and your site in US dollars and kwacha, and which of them sits with Mercury and which with you. The AI material advisor produces the same build-up for each product it recommends. All figures are indicative only.
Industries Served
Supply Programmes Engineered Around Each Sector
Energy & Utilities
- Firm fuel and power supply for generation assets and mini-grids
- Balancing of interruptible load against SAPP day-ahead pricing
- Turnkey substation and transmission construction packages
120 MW
Base-load capacity under contract
Strategic Assets & Investments
Backed by Tangible Physical Infrastructure
Ownership and long-term access to processing, storage and generation assets allows Mercury to guarantee delivery where paper traders cannot.
2 facilities
Processing & Beneficiation
Toll-treatment and blending capacity in the Copperbelt, upgrading run-of-mine material to export specification.
46,000 m³
Storage Terminals
Leased fuel tankage and bonded dry-bulk warehousing positioned on the Lusaka and Ndola trade corridors.
230 MWp
Renewable Generation
Utility-scale solar and storage development pipeline contracted to industrial and utility offtakers.
4 programmes
Carbon Capture Initiatives
Co-funded measurement, reforestation and process-emission abatement programmes with registry oversight.
Group Affiliates & Governance
A Portfolio of Aligned Operating Partners
Mining & concentrates
Kafue Minerals Holdings
22% equity
Rail haulage
Zambezi Freight Rail
16% equity
Road transport
Indeni Corridor Logistics
Joint venture
Port handling
Nacala Export Terminal
Throughput agreement
IPP development
Mercury Power Ventures
51% equity
Inspection & QA
Copperbelt Assay Services
18% equity
About Mercury
Zambian roots, institutional discipline
Established in Kitwe in 2010, Mercury Engineering and Construction Limited has grown from our roots as a regional civil contractor into a diversified commodity trading, logistics, and energy infrastructure group. Our commercial track record accelerated in 2012 when we secured our first major mineral supply agreement, delivering essential limestone flux and high grade silica sand to the Chambishi Copper Smelter (CCS). Across every operation, we bridge direct ground level operational command with the stringent risk, compliance, and credit standards expected by global off takers.