Resilient Commodity Supply Chains Built on Trust.
Connecting global producers and industrial consumers across critical minerals, energy, and infrastructure since 2010.
- 2010
- Established in Zambia
- 4+ Sectors
- Metals, Minerals, Power & Energy
- End-to-End
- Pit-to-Port Supply Chain Integrity
Commodity Divisions
Essential Resources Powering Global Growth
Five specialised desks operating across the physical value chain, from mine gate and refinery to industrial consumer.
Metals & Minerals
Copper cathode, cobalt hydroxide, manganese ore, gold doré and commercial smelter-grade sulphuric acid sourced from Zambian and regional producers.
Energy & Petroleum
Crude cargoes, refined distillates and heavy fuel oil delivered into landlocked industrial demand centres.
Gas & Base-load Power
Natural gas, LNG parcels and firm grid power structured against long-dated industrial offtake.
Clean Energy & Hydrogen
Utility-scale solar, storage and early-stage hydrogen ventures supporting industrial decarbonisation.
Carbon & Transition Solutions
High-integrity offsets, MRV advisory and decarbonisation roadmaps for industrial counterparties.
Metals & Minerals Desk
Request Material, Specifications and Ex-Works Terms
Submit a firm requirement to the Lusaka trading desk, use the AI material advisor to match your process to the right grade, or download full specification sheets.
Industries Served
Supply Programmes Engineered Around Each Sector
Energy & Utilities
- Firm fuel and power supply for generation assets and mini-grids
- Balancing of interruptible load against SAPP day-ahead pricing
- Turnkey substation and transmission construction packages
120 MW
Base-load capacity under contract
Strategic Assets & Investments
Backed by Tangible Physical Infrastructure
Ownership and long-term access to processing, storage and generation assets allows Mercury to guarantee delivery where paper traders cannot.
2 facilities
Processing & Beneficiation
Toll-treatment and blending capacity in the Copperbelt, upgrading run-of-mine material to export specification.
46,000 m³
Storage Terminals
Leased fuel tankage and bonded dry-bulk warehousing positioned on the Lusaka and Ndola trade corridors.
230 MWp
Renewable Generation
Utility-scale solar and storage development pipeline contracted to industrial and utility offtakers.
4 programmes
Carbon Capture Initiatives
Co-funded measurement, reforestation and process-emission abatement programmes with registry oversight.
Group Affiliates & Governance
A Portfolio of Aligned Operating Partners
Mining & concentrates
Kafue Minerals Holdings
22% equity
Rail haulage
Zambezi Freight Rail
16% equity
Road transport
Indeni Corridor Logistics
Joint venture
Port handling
Nacala Export Terminal
Throughput agreement
IPP development
Mercury Power Ventures
51% equity
Inspection & QA
Copperbelt Assay Services
18% equity
About Mercury
Zambian roots, institutional discipline
Founded in Lusaka in 2010, Mercury Engineering and Construction has grown from a regional civil contractor into a diversified commodity trading, logistics and energy infrastructure group. We combine on-the-ground operational control with the credit, compliance and risk discipline expected by international counterparties.