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Chemplex Corporation, through its subsidiary companies, mines and beneficiates phosphate rock to produce superphosphates. The corporation manufactures and trades in a wide range of industrial chemicals. Through its associate companies, ZFC Limited and SABLE Chemicals it is also involved in the manufacture of ammonium nitrate, NPK fertilizers and agro chemicals. With a staff compliment of approximately 1000 employees the corporation is keenly aware of the necessity to maintain high standards of welfare facilities particularly at its two clinics and schools it sponsors in Harare and Dorowa. It also recognizes its responsibility in areas of environmental protection and cares for the general wellbeing of communities in which it operates. Chemplex started operating in Zimbabwe as AE&CI in 1928. Construction of a fertilizer plant at the present Zimbabwe Phosphate Industries (ZimPhos) site commenced in 1930.
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