Dangote To Expand Cement Production Capacity in Cameroon With New Plant

Dangote Group has said it wlll expand the capacity of its Douala, Cameroon cement plant from the current 1.5 million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA) to over 3 million metric tonnes per .

 

 

President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote who spoke during a recent visit to Cameroon where he met with the Prime Minister Philemon Yang; Minister of Industry, Mines and Technological Development, Emmanuel Bonde, and Minister of Trade, Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana, thanked the government for creating an enabling environment for cement production in the country.

 

According to the group, the expansion will be achieved by investing in a similar plant in the vicinity of Yaounde.

 

Dangote said the company was already in the process of signing a contract for the construction of the additional cement production line, in anticipation of a growing demand for cement occasioned by massive investment in infrastructure.

 

Africa's richest man said: “The successful completion of Dangote Cement’s 1.5 MMTPA plant in Douala, Cameroon, made the country self-sufficient in cement production, as plans have commenced for the export of the product to neighboring countries soon.”