The management of Dangote Cement Plc has said that its planned consolidation of the African expansion drive remains on course with the commencement of production of its $150m Cameroon plant in Douala.
The company said in a statement on
Tuesday that the commencement of production in the Cameroonian
commercial city came in the wake of the inauguration of another 1.5
million tonnes capacity per annum Senegal plant in Pout in January.
The company had last year listed six plants across five African countries for completion this year.
The plants, according to the President
and Chief Executive, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote will add about 13.5
million metric tonnes of cement per annum to the existing capacity upon
completion.
The plants are located in Zambia, with
1.5mmtpa capacity; Tanzania, 1.5mmtpa; South Africa, 3mmtpa; Republic of
Congo, 1.5mmtpa; Gabon, 1.5mmtpa; and Senegal, 1.5mmtpa
Back home in Nigeria, Dangote Cement ramp
up capacity, adding third and fourth production lines to the existing
6mmtpa in Ibese, Ogun State, to bring the total capacity to 12mmtpa, and
another 3mmtpa line is currently being added to the Obajana Cement
Plant in Kogi State.
Dangote told a delegation from Organised
Private Sector, who visited him in his office in Lagos, that the
1.5mmtpa plant in Cameroon commenced initial production at one million
tonnes per annum before it would be stepped up to the maximum capacity
level.
He stated that the Douala plant would
revolutionise the cement industry in Cameroon and help stimulate the
Western African economy as Dangote Cement would be churning out its 42.5
quality grade of cement at a very competitive price.
Dangote explained that the plant remained
the most modern in Cameroon because of the latest technologies used in
its construction from Germany, United States and France by the renowned
plant engineering firm, Sinoma.
He stated that the company started by
importing clinker and that production was being carried out in the most
environmental friendly level, pointing out that the dust emission by the
plant was lower than the 50mm international standard.
He promised that Dangote Cement as a law
abiding organisation would play by the rules of the land and that it
would replicate its robust corporate social services in the host
community.
On the economic benefit of the plant,
Dangote stated that over 1,000 people would be employed directly, while
5,000 others would benefit from the indirect employment to be generated
by the production activities of the plant.
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