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| HeidelbergCement builds clinker plant in Togo In Togo, HeidelbergCement is constructing a new US$ 250 million clinker plant with an annual capacity of 1.5 million tonnes in the town of Tabligbo, some 80 km north-east of the capital of Lomé. In addition, the company is building a new cement grinding facility with a capacity of 200,000 tonnes in Dapaong, 600 kilometers to the north. The clinker will be processed to cement in HeidelbergCement's grinding mills in Togo as well as in the neighbouring countries of Benin, Ghana, and Burkina Faso, replacing clinker that has previously been imported from overseas and thereby strengthening HeidelbergCement's competitiveness in Africa. The investment project will stimulate the improvement of local infrastructure and housing, and is expected to create around 1, 300 jobs locally, of which more than 200 at the plants. The project is conducted within the framework of a partnership between HeidelbergCement and IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and its finance partners. Commissioning of the two new plants is scheduled for 2015. The capacity expansion in Togo is already included in HeidelbergCement's capital expenditure plan. write your comments about the article :: © 2012 Construction News :: home page |