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Increase in energy and diesel costs affecting the production of cement – CEO Dangote Cement

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The Chief Executive Officer, Dangote Cement, Michel Puchercos, says a significant increase in energy and diesel costs is impacting negatively on the production and supply of cement products.

Puchercos, in a statement titled, ‘Dangote Cement Deploys Grinding Plants in Ghana and Cote D’Ivoire’, issued yesterday by the corporate communications department of the group, said the firm was, however, strengthening efforts to ramp up the usage of alternative fuels and execution of export-to-import strategy.

The firm stressed that it was working on reducing dependence on imported inputs and boosting local production.

“Our continuous focus on efficiency, meeting market demand and maintaining our costs leadership drives our ability to consistently deliver superior profitability and value to all shareholders,” the CEO explained.

The Dangote Cement boss disclosed that the firm was seeking support to drive demand ahead of the rainy season through the introduction of the third season of its National Consumer Promotion ‘Bag of Goodies 3.’

On the operational side, the cement firm is ramping up production at its Okpella plant, in Nigeria, and progressing well to deploy grinding plants in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire.

According to a statement by the firm, Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire will join the list of some other African countries when the cement grinding plants finally go into operation.

Other countries where the Dangote Group is producing cement are Cameroon (1.5mta clinker grinding), Congo (1.5mta), Ghana (1.5mta import), Ethiopia (2.5mta), Senegal (1.5mta), Sierra Leone (0.5mta import), South Africa (2.8mta), Tanzania (3.0mta), and Zambia (1.5mta).

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