Sephaku Cement's two projects on track for 2014 completion

The construction of Sephaku Cement's ZAR3.2bn (US$322m) Delmas grinding plant and the Aganang clinker and cement works in South Africa are both at an advanced stage of development and are on schedule to commence production in the first two quarters of 2014.

In a recent report the Dangote subsidiary said that the 1.4Mta Delmas cement milling plant in Mpumalanga is on-track for completion in the final quarter of 2013, with production due to start in January 2014. The grinding works will  receive approximately 55 per cent of the clinker produced at Aganang for further processing.

Meanwhile, the Aganang plant in North West Province will commence production in the second quarter of 2014 with the capacity to produce 1.9Mta of clinker and 1.2Mta of cement when fully commissioned.