Luanda — At least 14 ceramic units for the manufacturing of bricks, roof-tiles, glazed tiles, mosaics and sanitary wares will be built in 2009 in Angola, reported Monday to Angop, the general-director of Unicerâmica, Artur da Silva Mota.

According to him, the construction of these ceramics will employ dozen young people and increase the current ceramic production rate, estimated at 5.6 million bricks per month.

In the opinion of Silva Mota, the fully functioning of the new ceramics will count on a production capacity estimated at 12.3 million bricks per month.

The ceramic industrial unit currently manages 14 units, of which 12 are working and another two about to be launched.

The industrial unit counts on two ceramics in Luanda, three in Catete (Bengo), one in Porto Amboim and Wako Kungo (Kwanza Sul) two in Benguela, three in Lubango (Huila) an one at Caala (Huambo) and another to be opened next April.

The ceramic industry unit was created in 1975.