Cameroon: Dangote Cement's cement plant in Cameroon is set to enter production in January 2015, according to project chief, Baba Abduhallï. The plant was built on the banks of the Wouri River. It has already received its first raw material shipments from a quarry in the city of Tombel, which Dangote Cement Cameroon has approval to use for five years.
Initially, Dangote Cement Cameroon plans to produce 1.5Mt/yr of cement, raising national production to around 3.6Mt/yr, including 500,000t/yr from the Moroccan company, CIMAF and 1.6Mt/yr for Cimencam, Lafarge's subsidiary.