Zimchem Refiners

Zimchem Refiners (Pvt) Limited is a wholly owned Zimbabwean chemical manufacturing company located in the Midlands town of Redcliff. The refinery was initially put to process Crude Benzole and Crude Tar to manufacture a wide range of high value products which include Road Tars, Pitch, Coal Tar Fuels (Heavy Furnace Fuels), Creosote (a wood preservative and snake repellant), and industrial solvents such as Benzene, Toluene, Xylene and Naphthas.

Most of these solvents are further processed or are used to make a wide range of industrial chemicals / products and detergents such as Thinners, Contact Adhesives and Agrochemicals, Hand cleaners, Floor Cleaners, Disinfectants etc.

Zimchem was designed to process 48 000 tonnes per annum of crude tar, and 12 000 tonnes per annum of crude benzol.