The Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) has signed an agreement with China Sinoma International Engineering to build a six million tons per annum cement plant in Itori community located in Ewekoro local government area of Ogun State.
Penpushing reports that the Itori Cement Plant will be Dangote Cement’s fourth plant constructed as a green field project in Nigeria, while the rest are sighted at Obajana, Ibese and Okpella Plants.
The Chairman of Dangote Cement Plc, Aliko Dangote speaking at the signing ceremony, said that new integrated cement plant at completion will strengthen the local production capacity of Dangote Cement, bringing its local capacity to 41.25 million tons per annum and total African capacity to 57.6 million tons per annum.
Penpushing further reports that Dangote explained that the Itori Cement Plant will also increase Nigeria’s capacity to export cement, thereby enabling more diversification and foreign exchange inflows for the economy.
The company boss stated that, the project is further expected to develop the domestic economy through creation of thousands of indirect and direct jobs and drive economic development in the Itori axis.
Penpushing also reports that Dangote boasted that ancillary businesses, will be drawn to the axis, who will be seeking to take advantage of the location of the cement plant to provide goods and services to staff, contractors and other stakeholders.
The chairman added that constructing the new cement plant is in line with Dangote Group’s vision of producing locally goods that were formally imported despite the abundance of raw materials for local production of such goods.
Penpushing reports that the Group President of China Sinoma Engineering, Yin Zhisong, in his remarks expressed satisfaction with the commitment and determination of the Dangote Group in building cement plants across Africa.
The Group President pointed out that it was an honour for the company to build another cement plant for Dangote Group, stressing that the organization was proud and happy to be on this journey with the company again.
‘When operational, the plant is expected to have two Lines x 6,000 TPD Clinker Production with an installed daily total capacity of 12,000 TPD of Clinker production. It is expected to be completed within 27 months with best-in-class equipment in the cement industry, sourced from Europe’s major equipment suppliers. The plant will have its own captive power plant to generate electric power for use by cement kilns and other production processes’.
Penpushing further reports that Dangote Cement is Africa’s leading cement producer with 51.6Mta production capacity across Africa with Nigeria accounting for 35.25Mta, while record has it that Obajana plant in Kogi state, Nigeria, is the largest in Africa with 16.25Mta of capacity across five lines.
The agreement was signed by Aliko Dangote alongside the Group Executive Director, Strategy, Capital Projects and Portfolio Development, DIL, Devakumar Edwin, while China Sinoma Engineering was represented by its Group President, Yin Zhisong, and the company’s Chairman, Liu Renyue.
Penpushing also reports that the records equally have it that Ibese plant in Ogun State has four cement lines with a combined installed capacity of 12Mta; Gboko plant in Benue state has 4Mta; and Okpella plant in Edo state has 3Mta.
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