East Africa's biggest cement plant opens in Ethiopia
Staff writer ▼ | June 8, 2015
Dangote Group inaugurated the biggest cement plant in East Africa in Ethiopia's Mugher district, located about 85km away from the capital, Addis Ababa.Article continues below
The new factory, commissioned by the Dangote Group at a cost of $480 million, has a production capacity of 2.5 million tonnes of cement per annum.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, who attended the opening ceremony, says the factory will also enable Ethiopia to meet its ever increasing local cement demand.
The new plant will raise Ethiopia's annual cement production to 8 million tonnes from the current 5.4 million.
And it will also bring Dangote Group nearer to attaining a total production capacity of 40 million tonnes per annum globally, before the end of the year, according to the company.
The 480 million worth cement plant has seen the Dangote Group becoming the single largest investment by an African corporate in Ethiopia. ■ What to read next
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