Management of Dangote Cement has concluded plans to open export facilities in both Lagos and Port Harcourt that will enable it to export clinker to some neighbouring African countries and thereby make attract foreign currency for the country.
Already, it would be recalled that 27,800 metric tonnes of clinker was last week exported from its Lagos terminals port to Senegal.
The company, in a statement revealed that its Port Harcourt terminal will soon start to export Clinkers to the neighboring countries.
President of Dangote group, Aliko Dangote told shareholders also last week that the export facilities in Lagos and Port Harcourt will enable “…us to export clinker, initially to our grinding facility in Cameroon and then to new grinding plants we are building in West Africa. Not only will these generate useful foreign currency in Nigeria, they will also help to increase the output of our Nigerian plants. These will help to improve job creation and increase prosperity in Nigeria, creating socioeconomic impacts that all stakeholders can be proud of”
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