BUA Cement has signed an EPC contract with CBMI for a new cement line in Sokoto State in Northwest Nigeria. The US$240m project shall be operational in about 20 months and will be powered by the company’s Kogi LNG plant.…
The Ebonyi State Government in Nigeria plans to borrow NGN 150bn (about US$ 103m) to finance the construction of a new state-owned cement plant, as part of the state’s 2026 budget. The project is to build a greenfield cement plant…
Nigeria’s Dangote Cement is planning to increase its regional footprint in Africa to 66.4 Mta cement production capacity by 2030. This shall be achieved through new greenfield investments and brownfield projects to upgrade existing plants. In the coming 2 years…
Huaxin Cement Co. has completed a strategic acquisition in Nigeria with the purchase of the entire 83.81% shareholding of Holcim in Lafarge Africa PLC (56.4% of the shareholding via Caricement BV and 27.77 % via Assoc. Intl. Cements) at an…
Nigeria’s Dangote Cement has become the largest cement company in Sub-Saharan Africa, operating in 10 countries. However, the capacity expansion is moderate now, after a more aggressive strategy in recent years (photo: Ndola integrated cement plant in Zambia). Two more…
The Kebbi State Government and MSM Group have signed a MoU for the construction of a 3.0 Mta cement plant in northwestern Nigeria. The project is valued at US$ 2.4 billion and expected to create 45,000 direct and indirect jobs.…
Holcim has signed an agreement with Huaxin Cement Ltd to sell its entire 83.81% shareholding in Lafarge Africa PLC in Nigeria, at an equity value of US$ 1bn on a 100% basis. With plants in Ewekoro (photo) and Sagamu in the…
Mangal Cement opened a 3.0 Mta cement plant in Ilu-Agba, Kogi State in Nigeria. The investment has been US$ 600m to construct the cement plant and a 50 MW captive power plant. Plant contractor is Sinoma Engineering International. Mangal Cement…
According to previous announcements, BUA Cement confirmed to cut the ex-works cement prices to N3,500 (US$ 3.90) per 50kg bag from January 2024. The statement is from Mr Abdul-Samad Rabiu, Chairman of the BUA Group. Mr. Rabiu added that with…
Sinoma International Engineering started the construction of Dangote’s cement plant in Itori, Ogun State in Nigeria with the celebration of the pile foundation. The integrated cement plant is designed with 2 x 6000 tpd kiln capacity, which will increase Dangote’s…