About Us

Maamba Energy Limited (MEL) is one of Zambia’s largest Independent Power Producers (IPPs) and operates Zambia’s largest coal mining concession. MEL operates a 300MW thermal power plant at mine-mouth at Maamba. The Mine, Thermal Power Plant and Head Office are located at Maamba town in Sinazongwe district of Southern Province of Zambia, which is about 350 km from the capital Lusaka, where MEL maintains its Corporate Office.

MEL is a subsidiary of Nava Bharat (Singapore) Pte. Limited which holds a majority equity stake. The balance equity is held by ZCCM Investments Holdings Plc., a Government of Republic of Zambia undertaking.

The Company has total estimated reserves of 168 million metric tonnes comprising high grade and thermal grade coal, spread over 1,600 hectares out of a total concession area of 8,174 hectares at Maamba. Operations are in full swing in the open pit mine, which has a life span of around 70 years. MEL follows modern, eco-friendly mining practices, and in October 2020 commissioned a surface miner, the first of such machines in Africa. Presently, mining is being carried out in two pits, Izuma A and Kanzinze Pits.

As envisaged at the time of privatisation, MEL has set up, a 300MW, mine-mouth, thermal power plant which was commissioned and commenced evacuating base load power to the national grid in August 2016. The 2×150 MW power plant which contributes around 9% of the nation’s installed generation capacity utilises modern technologies to minimise emissions in keeping with the regulator, Zambian Environmental Management Agency and World Bank norms.

MEL understanding the need for ensuring community development plays a vital role through its CSR initiatives in improving education and health standards as well as augmenting and improving infrastructure as well sporting facilities for the people of Maamba and the Sinazongwe district.