In a $240 million initiative that demonstrates the company’s dedication to increasing production capacity and assisting West Africa’s infrastructure aspirations, BUA Cement Plc has revealed plans to build a cutting-edge 3-million-ton-per-year cement line in Sokoto.
When the new facility, which will be built in collaboration with the Chinese engineering and construction company CBMI, is finished, BUA Cement’s total yearly production will reach 20 million tonnes, solidifying its position as the leading company in Nigeria’s cement industry. The deal expands on the two businesses’ 15-year collaboration, in which CBMI completed projects totaling 14 million tons of cement manufacturing capacity throughout BUA’s Obu and Sokoto factories.
As the only cement plant in the region, Sokoto’s excellent location in Nigeria’s northwest allows BUA Cement to serve both domestic demand and a number of landlocked neighboring countries.
The project is connected with energy infrastructure: the new Sokoto line and current facilities will be powered by clean, dependable energy from a 700-ton-per-day small LNG plant being built in Kogi. The project is part of a growing trend among Nigerian industrial operators to co-locate heavy manufacturing and energy production in order to reduce carbon emissions and improve operational efficiency.
