Dangote begins the construction of Cote d’Ivoire cement plant

[su_dropcap]D[/su_dropcap]angote Cement Plc has announced the commencement of the construction of a new three million metric tonnes per annum capacity cement grinding plant in Cote d’Ivoire. The project is coming just as the company announced the ground-breaking of a new six million metric tonnes per annum Greenfield cement plant in Okpella, Edo State, and commencement […]

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Faction pledges support for Dangote’s cement plant

THE Okuokphellagbe of Okpella Kingdom, Alhaji Yusuf Dirisu, has stated that Africa’s richest investor, Aliko Dangote’s decision to establish a cement factory in Okpella, Edo State, will create employment opportunities and bring infrastructural development to the people of the kingdom and its environs. The traditional ruler added that the entire community had been looking forward […]

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Bua, Chinese firm plan N374bn steel, cement plants

An indigenous conglomerate, the Bua Group, has resumed discussions with a Chinese firm, Sinoma International Engineering Company, on plans to construct a steel plant in Nigeria and two cement factories in East Africa. The Chairman, Bua Group, Abdulsamad Rabiu, stated this on Thursday and gave the total cost of the projects as $1.9bn (about N374bn […]

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