Spring 2015 Issue
Nigeria: Ewekoro Cement Plant
“Lafarge puts certain values at the forefront of the way it conducts business: health and safety, environmental protection, corporate governance (ethics), and social responsibility in the areas of education, health, youth empowerment, and shelter.”
Presentation: UN Habitat Report at Caleb University, Nigeria with support from Lafarge.
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presence in Africa’s two largest economies – Nigeria and South Africa. Lafarge Africa Plc remains an active participant in the urbanisation and economic development of Africa. Lafarge’s presence in Africa started with construction of Benue Cement Plant in 1972, followed by the acquisition of Blue Circle in South Africa in 1998 and in Nigeria in 2001. Today, combining the operations in Nigeria – 4.5MMT in WAPCO (with two plants in Ogun State), 1MMT in Ashaka Cement Plc (Gombe State), 2.5MMT in United Cement Company of Nigeria Limited (Cross Rivers State), and 0.5MMT in Atlas Cement Company Limited (Rivers State) – with operations in South Africa – 3.6MMT – Lafarge Africa has a current installed cement capacity of 12MMT which is expected to grow to 17.5MMT by 2017. This is in addition to strong market leading positions in aggregates, ready mix concrete, and fly ash. For its concrete operations, Lafarge Africa leverages the group’s fifty years of experience in innovative concrete solutions. This puts the company in a position to provide quality concrete solutions designed to meet the specific needs of builders. Today, Lafarge Readymix operations have a production capacity of 9MMT in South Africa and 3.5MMT in Nigeria. Aggregate operations is currently in the pipeline and will commence in Nigeria shortly. i 109