Dangote Sign Agreement With Sinoma On 6MMT New Plant In Ogun
Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) has signed an agreement with China Sinoma International Engineering to build a 6 million tons per annum cement plant in Itori, Ogun State.
Dangote, while speaking at the signing ceremony, said that the new integrated cement plant at completion, will strengthen the local production capacity of Dangote Cement, bringing its local capacity to 41.25 million tonnes yearly and total African capacity to 57.6 million tonnes yearly.
According to Dangote, the project is further expected to develop the domestic economy by creating thousands of indirect and direct jobs and driving economic development in the Itori axis.
He added that constructing the new cement plant is in line with Dangote Group’s vision of producing locally goods that were formally imported despite the abundance of raw materials for local production of such goods.
He described Sinoma as a strategic partner who has been instrumental to the success of key projects in Dangote Group. He said, “We are comfortable working with your company. You have handled some of our key projects and I am positive that this project will be completed as scheduled.
