Industrial & Mining Equipment Supplier in Kitwe, Zambia
The Zambian branch office and warehouse. Kitwe is where Copperbelt stock sits, and where orders for Chingola, Chililabombwe, Mufulira, Kalulushi, Luanshya and Ndola are filled.
Kitwe is the right place for a Copperbelt supply business for the same reason the mines are here: everything is within an hour or two. Chingola and Chililabombwe to the north-west, Mufulira and the Kasumbalesa road to the north, Kalulushi next door, Luanshya to the south and Ndola down the line of rail. A warehouse in Kitwe reaches all of them the same day.
What is held is what a mine and its contractors consume rather than what looks good in a catalogue: MIG and flux-cored wire, stick electrodes, TIG rods, torch consumables, cutting and grinding discs, gas cutting equipment, hand and power tools, and the PPE that has to be at the gate before a crew starts. Shutdown scopes are quoted line by line, with quantities set against the scope instead of the average month.
Equipment comes through the same branch. Tyre handling for mine tyre bays, Saur and Stricta forklift attachments, Feeler plant and forklift weighing systems are specified by the Nelspruit technical desk and delivered into the Copperbelt. Because the Zambian entity is a Zambian operating company, the vendor onboarding and local content questions that usually precede a first order are answered rather than deferred.
Held for Kitwe
Held in Kitwe
- Welding consumables — MIG wire, flux-cored wire, TIG rods and stick electrodes
- PPE, welding protection, workwear and respiratory equipment
- Cutting, grinding and finishing abrasives
- Gas cutting equipment, power tools and hand tools
Delivered into
- Chingola, Chililabombwe and Mufulira
- Kalulushi, Luanshya and the Kitwe mine sites
- Ndola and the line of rail toward Lusaka
- The southern DRC corridor beyond Kasumbalesa
Equipment through the branch
- OTR tyre handlers and tyre manipulators to 16 000 kg
- Saur and Stricta forklift attachments
- Feeler loaders, excavators, forklifts and stackers
- Forklift weighing and camera safety systems
Most-ordered from this point
Welding Consumables
MIG, TIG and MMA consumables from Lincoln Electric and Taurus
Open range →RangePPE & Safety
Welding protection, site safety, workwear and respiratory
Open range →RangeAbrasives
Cutting, grinding and finishing discs from Bulldog Abrasives and Pferd
Open range →RangeGas Cutting
Torches, regulators, flashback arrestors, hoses and tips
Open range →RangeTyre Handlers
OTR tyre manipulators for mining and earth-moving
Open range →Kitwe — questions
- 01Does ETEQ have a warehouse in Kitwe?
- Yes. Kitwe is the Zambian branch office and warehouse, holding welding consumables, PPE, abrasives, gas cutting equipment and tooling for the Copperbelt.
- 02Which towns does the Kitwe branch deliver to?
- Chingola, Chililabombwe, Mufulira, Kalulushi, Luanshya and Ndola as routine same-day or next-day work, plus the southern DRC corridor beyond Kasumbalesa and the line of rail toward Lusaka.
- 03Can Kitwe supply PPE on standing orders?
- Yes. Recurring PPE and consumable requisitions are held on file with the sizes and quantities the site actually uses, so a reorder is a reference number rather than a new enquiry.
- 04Do you supply forklift attachments in the Copperbelt?
- Yes. Attachments are specified by the Nelspruit technical desk against your truck’s carriage class and capacity, then supplied into the Copperbelt through the Kitwe branch.