Dangote Tanzanian plant set for October commissioning

Dangote Cement is set to commission its new 3Mta cement plant located in Mtwara District of Tanzania on 10 October 2015.

The company will also hold the groundbreaking ceremony for 25ha of jetty land at Mgao village in Mtwara District in the country the same day, according to AllAfrica News.

The commissioning of the new cement plant, which is part of the company's Africa expansion strategy, will be the fourth in the series after Ethiopia, Zambia and Cameroun. Cement plants due for commissioning this year are located in Senegal and South Africa, while construction works are ongoing in several other African countries.