In Liberia,
The Liberian subsidiary Cemenco is the only cement producer in Liberia and has a strong market position. The company is part of HeidelbergCement’s network of cement grinding facilities on the West African coast supporting the Group’s regional strategic presence. By setting up adequate capacities to better serve the growing market in important coastal cities, HeidelbergCement aims at maintaining its competitive edge in West Africa.
“The construction of the new cement mill in Liberia is in line with our strategy of modernising and expanding clinker and cement capacities in emerging markets,” says Dr Bernd Scheifele, chairman of the managing board of HeidelbergCement.
“In particular the countries of sub-Saharan Africa have a very high growth potential due to their early stage of industrialisation. In Ghana, we recently increased the cement grinding capacity at our Tema cement plant and are currently building a new cement mill in Takoradi. Together with our existing plants in this region, the new mill in Liberia strengthens our coastal network in West Africa.”
Investment in the new cement grinding facility in Liberia includes a two-chambered 65tonne/hour ball mill with high efficiency separator, filter, fan, and flow meter. The power supply of the new cement grinding mill is provided through a 5.7MW generator plant on a rental basis.
Economic outlook for Liberia and the sub-Saharan countries is positive. While the
HeidelbergCement is currently conducting investment projects in sub-Saharan Africa amounting to almost $400 million (€307 million). They include expansion projects of cement capacity of about 3 million tonnes and of clinker capacity of 1.5 million tonnes.
