Dangote Cement’s Itori plant in Ogun State is 100 per cent export-oriented and will serve as the hub for the company’s export strategy to neighbouring markets and its sister companies across Africa, the Group Managing Director/CEO of Dangote Cement, Mr Arvind Pathak, has said.
Speaking at the Dangote Cement Capital Market Day presentation held in London recently, Pathak said the first phase of the Itori plant would deliver six million tonnes of capacity, with output expected to ramp up significantly in the coming year.
“Today, as we said in our presentation, we are already at just three million tonnes. And we expect our target next year could be approximately five million tonnes,” he said in a statement issued on Thursday.
He explained that production from Itori would predominantly be clinker, intended for the company’s sister companies in Cameroon, Senegal and other markets. This, he said, would ensure better utilisation of
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