Chad: Prime Minister Albert Pahimi Padacké has laid the first stone for the construction for a cement plant in Ngara. The initial production capacity of the new plant will be 0.5Mt/yr and this is planned to increase to 3Mt/yr, according to local press.
The plant is a joint project between Chad and China. The cost of construction will be US$52m and the building should be completed by April 2017. The project will create 300 jobs initially and this may rise to up to 1000 if the plant reaches its higher production capacity.
Ciment du Tchad, a subsidiary of government-owned SONaCIM, opened the country’s first cement plant at Baore in 2011. The 0.2Mt/yr plant reached its full capacity output in 2012.