Cement in Africa

Cement in Africa

Cement in Africa is made by various companies in different countries:

Countries

flagicon|Algeria Algeria

flagicon|Angola Angola

* Lobito - proposal 2006 [ http://eiu.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0294-122247/The-domestic-economy-Portuguese-company.html ]
* Nova Cimangola - state-owned cement company based in Luanda, currently part-owned by Scancem and Heidelberg Cement [ http://www.botschaftangola.de/content.php?nav=news/themen/delegation&details=1 ]

flagicon|Benin Benin

* Onigbolo, Porto-Novo [ http://www.afdevinfo.com/htmlreports/org/org_20121.html ]

flagicon|Burundi Burundi

* Bugarama [ http://www.africaaction.org/docs97/bur9701.htm ]

flagicon|Botswana Botswana

* Gaborone - expansion 2007 [ http://www.ppc.co.za/ppc/view/ppc/en/page34?oid=4628&sn=Detail ]

flagicon|Burkina Faso Burkina Faso

* Ouagadougou [ http://www.apanews.net/apa.php?page=show_article_eng&id_article=66883 ]

flagicon|Cameroon Cameroon

* Douala - port - cement works
* Yaoundé - national capital - cement works

* existing owned by LaFarge of France.

* Limbe [ http://nubiancheetah.blogspot.com/2008/01/korean-led-group-to-build-cameroon.html ]

flagicon|Central African Republic CAR

flagicon|Republic of the Congo Congo Brazzaville

* Loutété - rehabilitate 2005 [ http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/2005/cfmyb05.pdf ]
* CMKC Group - proposed 2008
* CMKC Group - Kibangou - possible site 2008

flagicon|Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo Kinshasa

flagicon|Cote d'Ivoire Cote d'Ivoire

* Abidjan A
* Abidjan B
* San-Pedro

flagicon|Djibouti Djibouti

flagicon|Egypt Egypt

flagicon|Eritrea Eritrea

* Massawa - port and railhead - under construction [ http://www.cnme.com.cn/en/dxxm_nei.asp?id=22 ]

flagicon|Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea

* Malabo - Cement Works COMERCIAL OKOMAR, S.A.

flagicon|Ethiopia Ethiopia

* Dire Dawa
* Mesobo
* Mugar (or Muger), Durba [ http://www.capitalethiopia.com/archive/2006/April/week3/Chinese%20firm%20to%20construct%20$100mln%20cement%20factory.htm ]
* Derba Midroc, Durba - proposed 2008Citation|author=European Investment Bank|title=ESIA Summary|url=http://www.eib.org/attachments/pipeline/20070406_nts3_en.pdf|accessdate=2008-08-27 (PDF file)] cite news|title=Ethiopia / EIB lends EUR 29 million for Derba Midroc Cement Factory|url=http://appablog.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/ethiopia-eib-lends-eur-29-million-for-derba-midroc-cement-factory/|format= |work= |publisher=African Press Organization (APO)|date=2008-06-26|accessdate=2008-08-27|language=English (Note that this source identifies the site as being 70km "south" of Addis Ababa.)]

flagicon|Gabon Gabon

* N'Toum integrated [ http://www.heidelbergcement.com/global/en/company/group_areas/africa_asia_med_basin/africa.htm ]
* Owendo [ http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/1999/9212099.pdf ]
* Franceville [ http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/1999/9212099.pdf ]

flagicon|Gambia Gambia

flagicon|Ghana Ghana

* Ghana Cement 97% market share [ http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive//artikel.php?ID=121845 ]

* Diamond Cement Ghana - 2001 [ http://www.ifc.org/ifcext/spiwebsite1.nsf/DocsByUNIDForPrint/933D57A1B6353A8685256A1D005D7A1A?opendocument ]

* Buipe proposed [ http://www.ghanatoday.com/index.php?option=news&task=viewarticle&sid=21676 ]

* Ghacem, a subsidiary of Scancem and Heidelberg Cement, with operations in the port city of Tema [ http://www.heidelbergcement.com/africa/en/country/operations/ghana.htm ]

flagicon|Guinea Guinea

* Onigbolo [ http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/2002/gvlislmyb02.pdf ]

flagicon|Guinea-Bissau Guinea Bissau

flagicon|Kenya Kenya

* Athi River Mining [ http://www.mystocks.co.ke/s2/ ]
* Bamburi Cement [ http://www.bamburicement.com/contact.htm ]

flagicon|Lesotho Lesotho

flagicon|Liberia Liberia

* Monrovia [ http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/2002/gvlislmyb02.pdf ]

flagicon|Libya Libya

* Arabian Cement Co.
* Libyan Cement Company

flagicon|Mali Mali

* Bamako

flagicon|Mauritania Mauritania

* Nouakchott - CIMENT DE MAURITANIE
* Nouakchott - MAFCI

flagicon|Mauritius Mauritius

* Port Louis, Mauritius - import [ http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/product-compint-0001342386-page.html ]

flagicon|Morocco Morocco

* Total production is 6.6 million tons in 1996.

* Casablanca [ http://www.1stmaroc.com/economy/industry.html ]
* Tangiers
* Agadir
* Meknes
* Tetouan
* Marrakesh
* Oujda
* Temara

flagicon|Mozambique Mozambique

* Cimentos de Mozambique, subsidiary of Portuguese company Cimpor [http://www.cimpor.pt/artigo_generico.aspx?sid=998333a6-a822-42f7-9861-66389d1cfea7&cntx=96pBgOMTQ%2BmTfJ6GCNCYUCUw6bm1wTrKBuU4Sdk9VNGc%2FLKdE45%2F33UGonzq2sY7] at Matola [ http://www.poptel.org.uk/mozambique-news/newsletter/aim329.html ]
* Dondo - also concrete sleeper plant
* Nacala

flagicon|Namibia Namibia

* Karibib - proposed 2008 [ http://allafrica.com/stories/200807160697.html ]
* Otavi - proposed 2008 [ http://www.economist.com.na/content/view/1571/33/ ]
* Tsumeb - proposed 2008 Ohorongo [ http://www.afriquenligne.fr/german-firm-to-construct-us$-350-million-cement-plant-in-namibia-2008081410711.html ] [ http://www.namibian.com.na/2007/August/marketplace/07B1878E5E.html ]

flagicon|Niger Niger

* Niamey - SNC - SOCIÉTÉ NIGÉRIENNE DE CIMENTERIE

flagicon|Nigeria Nigeria

* Benue Cement Company
* Cement Company of Northern Nigeria, also known as Sokoto Cement, with 6 offices in northern states [ http://bikspec.com/cement/ ]
* Edo Cement, subsidiary of Heidelberg Cement, near Benin City [ http://www.heidelbergcement.com/africa/en/country/operations/nigeria/index.htm ]
* Lafarge [ http://www.lafarge.com/wps/portal/1_2_2-Lafarge_dans_le_monde ]
** Ashaka Cement [ http://www.ashakacement.com/ ] in Kano State in the north
** Atlas Cement
** WAPCO [ http://www.lafargewapco.com/ ] in Lagos State
* Nigerian Cement [ http://nigercem.com/ ]
* Sokoto agreement 2008 [ http://allafrica.com/stories/200808060731.html ]

flagicon|Rwanda Rwanda

* First
* Second [ http://allafrica.com/stories/200712180208.html ]

flagicon|Senegal Senegal

* Rufisque [ http://books.google.com.au/books?id=jj4J-AXGDaQC&pg=PA937&lpg=PA937&dq=senegal+cement+plant&source=web&ots=JHmhA4tfDw&sig=4u-XKdiC6KlqWlRj4HpNYE0wnN0&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA706,M1 ]
* Kirène - to be expanded in 2008 [ http://www.polysius.com/fileadmin/user_upload/zement_report/2007/06-07_gb_WEB.pdf ]

flagicon|Sierra Leone Sierra Leone

* Freetown [ http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/2002/gvlislmyb02.pdf ]

flagicon|South Africa South Africa

* Barloworld Limited [ http://www.barloworld.com ]
* Pretoria Portland Cement Company [ http://www.ppc.co.za/ ] in Gauteng and Durban
* WG Wearne Limited [ http://www.wearne.co.za/ ] in Gauteng Province

flagicon|Sudan Sudan

* Atbara [ http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/2001/sumyb01.pdf ] - rail junction - river
* Rabak - rail junction - river
* Proposed 2008 [ http://www.silobreaker.com/DocumentReader.aspx?Item=5_884828674 ]

flagicon|Swaziland Swaziland

flagicon|Tanzania Tanzania

* Twiga Cement

flagicon|Togo Togo

* Plant A Lomé [ http://www.togophonebook.com/en/industry/cement-works/ ]
* Plant B Lomé [ http://www.togophonebook.com/en/industry/cement-works/ ]

flagicon|Tunisia Tunisia

* Benzert privatized in 1997 [ http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/971215/1997121508.html ]

flagicon|Uganda Uganda

* Tororo Cement Industry Ltd at Tororo [ http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/product-compint-0000935306-page.html ]
* Hima Cement at Kasese [ http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/2004/ugmyb04.pdf ]

flagicon|Zambia Zambia

* Chilanga [ http://www.osisa.org/node/7187 ]
* Lusaka [ http://finance.google.com/finance?q=LUS:LAFARGE ]
* Ndola [ http://finance.google.com/finance?q=LUS:LAFARGE ]

flagicon|Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

Products made with cement

* Concrete sleepers - often co-located.

See also

* Cement mill
* Cement kiln

Links

* [http://www.africaphonebooks.com/ Africa Phone Books]
* [http://www.cnci.org.za/members.htm Cement and Concrete Institute]
* [http://linkedwords.com/local.php?for=cement+plant Search for "cement plant"]
* [http://www.cemnet.com/?gclid=CKL-r7PPmJUCFQhJagod5k6gPA Cement Industry Net]

References


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