Construction broke ground on a $1-billion cement plant in Nigeria for Africa’s biggest cement manufacturer, Dangote Cement, on April 10. The plant is expected to come on line by mid-2019, with capacity to produce six million metric tons per year.
China’s Beijing-based cement equipment and engineering firm Sinoma International Engineering Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of China National Materials Group Corp., will perform the EPC contract under a $4.34-billion deal signed with Dangote Group last year. The deal supports Dangote’s plans for 10 new cement plants across Africa, plus another in Nepal.