Cabinda — A brick plant in northern Cabinda province has recently increased its raw-material production capacity from 4,000 to 6,000 bricks per day, thanks to a two-million-dollar credit, granted in 2007, by the Development Bank of Angola (BDA).

The abovementioned amount was handed over to EMPEBAT-Pebble, Sand and Land Exploration Firm, and was invested in the acquisition of machinery aimed at easing the activity of workers by granting them a greater production capacity and increasing the supply of products to customers.

The two material-laying machines worth 37,000 Euros, a stacker, a loader and another machine (jointly estimated at 137,000 Euros) and a cement mixer.

The credit will ensure the sustainability of the company and meet the local customers' demand of one million bricks to build 200 residences, explained to journalists, in Cabinda city, EMPEBAT's managing partner, Cesário Agostinho.

The brick factory will also facilitate the construction of football stadiums in Cabinda province to host the 2010 African Cup of Nations (CAN), said the official, who added that the credit also enabled the creation of 37 jobs and their revenues from USD 120,000 to 200,000 per month.