HIL (India) has supplied 114.2 tonnes of organochlorine insecticide DDT to Zambia for a malaria control programme. This is the last phase of dispatch out of the 307 tonne order received from Zambia's healthy ministry. The company, the sole manufacturer of DDT globally, is exporting the product to many African countries. It recently supplied 20.6 tonnes of DDT to South Africa, while the supply of 129 tonne to Zimbabwe is in progress.
HIL is a leading player in asbestos cement sheet (ACS) for roofing, from which it derives 70 per cent of its revenue at present.
