Senegalese cement company Ciments du Sahel is to set up a new industrial production unit in Nouakchott, Mauritania, thanks to a €27.12 million (US$31.05 million) investment.
It is reported that the company is in overcapacity on its domestic market and is externalising activities to other western and even central African countries in order to meet the competition from the cement company of Aliko Dangoté.
The production capacity of the future plant has not been unveiled.
This set-up provides opportunities for Mauritanian metalworking company SAMIA (Société Arabe des Industries Métallurgiques), a subsidiary of the state-owned national and industrial company SNIM (Société Nationale Industrielle et Minière), which produces gypsum and aims to supply west African cement plants.
