As Dangote Cement Plc prepares to formally open
its new cement plant in the Southern African
nation of Zambia tomorrow, the company’s total
output is expected to hit 45 million metric tonnes
per annum (mmtpa) on the African continent.
An investor relations report sighted by THISDAY on
Dangoe Cement’s operations showed that with the
company’s plant expansion in various African
countries including one in Nepal, Dangote
Cement’s total projected capacity will stand at
53mmtpa by 2017.
The company’s cement factories in Nigeria lead the
way with a combined capacity of 29.25mmtpa
from three massive plants in the North-central
and South-west regions of the country.
The Obajana cement plant in Kogi State, which is
the largest single cement plant in Africa, produces
13.25mmtpa from four lines, dwarfing all other
cement plants on the continent. This is closely
followed by the Ibese cement plant in Ogun State,
which also runs four lines with a combined
annual output of 12mmtpa.
Dangote’s smallest plant in Nigeria is the Benue
Cement Company (BCC) acquired from the federal
government in Gboko, Benue State, with a capacity
of 4mmtpa.
The three Dangote plants in Nigeria produce a
combined output of 29.25mmtpa, representing
about 60 per cent of the total cement produced
locally, with smaller producers in the country like
Lafarge, BUA and UNICEM accounting for the
remaining 40 per cent local production.
Apart from Nigeria, Dangote owns cement plants
in other countries in Africa comprising Ghana,
Cameroun, Senegal, Ethiopia, Congo, Cote d'
Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Kenya, South Africa,
Tanzania, Niger, Mali and Zambia.
While the company is already producing cement
in Zambia, Ethiopia, South Africa, Senegal,
Cameroun, Ghana and of course Nigeria, new
plants in the other African nations have reached
advanced stages of construction, with many to be
commissioned before the end of 2017, the report
said.
Expansion of some of the already operational
plants such as the plant in Ethiopia is currently
ongoing.
Dangote Cement plants in Africa puts Nigeria at
29.25mmtpa, Cameroun - 1.5mmtpa; Congo -
1.5mmtpa; Cote d' Ivoire - 1.5mmtpa; Ghana -
1.5mmtpa; Liberia - 0.5mmtpa; Senegal -
1.5mmtpa; Sierra Leone - 0.7mmtpa; Ethiopia -
2.5mmtpa operational and another 2.5mmtpa
under construction; South Africa - 3.3mmtpa;
Tanzania - 3.0mmtpa; and Zambia 1.5mmtpa.
Expected output for green field plants in Kenya,
Niger and Mali are yet to be released by the
company.

source: www.thisdaylive.com/articles/dangote-opens-new-cement-plant-in-zambia-output-hits-45m-tonnes/216395/


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