ZAMBIA’S only fuel refinery, knocked out of action by a fire 18 months ago, has resumed production. The Italian-built Indeni plant will only manage throughput of around 850000 tonnes of crude oil per year from 1.1m tonnes before the fire, plant officials said. Indeni Managing Director Robert Ottonello and Energy Deputy Minister Celestino Chibamba said test runs at Indeni had been successful and repairs had been completed in good time. $12m was spent on repairs. – Reuters