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BUA-SINOMA Enters Into $600 million Cement Plant Contract

By orientalnewsngSeptember 7, 2015No Comments2 Mins Read
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Cement production in Nigeria is set to witness a boom following $600 million worth of contracts entered into by a Nigerian firm BUA Group with China’s Sinoma International Engineering Co.

The initiative will certainly double capacity at its flagship cement plant as it seeks to expand market share in Africa’s biggest economy.

BUA group, with interests in cement, pasta, steel and real estate, said at the weekend that it looks ahead to double capacity at its Obu cement plant, in Edo State, which currently produces 3.5 million tonnes.

It expects to complete the expansion by 2017, BUA’s executive chairman Abdulsamad Rabiu said at the signing ceremony held at Sinoma’s offices in China.

“BUA has less than 10 percent of market share now, after expansion we should go to about 20 percent,” he said.

Dangote Cement, majority owned by Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote, controls around 70 percent of market share in terms of output, with 29.25 million tonnes capacity in Nigeria.

The local unit of French cement maker Lafarge Africa , with 8 million tonnes, ranks second, industry analysts say.

Construction projects across Africa were worth around $325 billion last year, a 2014 Deloitte report showed, up nearly 50 percent from the previous year as power, transport, oil and gas and real estate sectors expanded.

BUA was also eyeing a continent wide expansion, Rabiu said.

Last week, Sinoma signed $4.34 billion worth of contracts with Dangote Cement to almost double its production capacity across Africa, including Nigeria.

Lafarge Africa combined its South Africa operation with its publicly traded Nigerian business last year to accelerate growth on the continent.

BUA acquired Edo cement plant, with 400,000 tonnes capacity, in 2008 and also has a majority holding in Cement Company of Northern Nigeria (CCNN), with 500,000 tonnes.

Both Obu and Edo plants are located in southern Nigeria while CCNN is based in the north. Sinoma is adding an extra 1.5 million tonnes at CCNN, which should be completed early next year, the company said.
 

 

 

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