BUA Group expands cement production capacity to meet West African demand
Published by Nicholas Woodroof,
Editor
World Cement,
The BUA Group has concluded plans to expand its Sokoto Cement plant production capacity from 1.5 million t to 4.5 million t in order to meet demand in West African countries.
The Group’s Executive Director, Kabiru Rabiu, said in an interview with Vanguard, a Nigerian daily, that the company, which operates the Sokoto cement plant, has been one of the leading players in the cement subsector. He said: “BUA Group is doing a lot of exports of cement for example to Niger Republic from our Sokoto cement plant. We have just completed a brand new line of 1.5 million t, the plant was operating 500 000 t.
Rabiu added: “We have some challenges in terms of operations but we always work to overcome those challenges. For example, energy is always a challenge for us in Nigeria and Sokoto that was operating on a MP4 like you know, which was a problem because you have to get it from a refinery but now we are having support from the Federal Government which we are getting from the refineries most of the times.
“But more importantly now, we have built a new plant that is using coal and natural gas so we now have better flexibilities, and this was a challenge for us before but now, it is no longer a challenge.
Read the article online at: https://www.worldcement.com/africa-middle-east/28062018/bua-group-expands-cement-production-capacity-to-meet-west-african-demand/
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