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Cimburkina inaugurates second mill at Kossodo

20 June 2019, Published under Cement News

Cimburkina, part of HeidelbergCement, inaugurated its second grinding unit on 18 June at its Kossodo plant in Ouagadougou, under the patronage of Prime Minister Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré and Burkina Faso’s Head of State, Mogho Naba Baongo. The ceremony took place in the presence of the country’s Minister of Commerce, Industry and Handicrafts, harouna Kaboré. The project includes a 150tph mill, a new 2000t limestone silo and a new bagging unit with a capacity of 120tph. T he first ston...

Cimburkina lays first stone of second Kossodo mill

05 February 2018, Published under Cement News

HeidelbergCement-owned Cimburkina has officially laid the first stone of its second mill at its Kossodo plant in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on 1 February. The 150tph mill will lift capacity at the site to 2Mta and represents an investment of XOF15bn (US$28.5m). The project will also see the construction of a 2000t silo and a new bagging line.

Cimaf inaugurates Ouadgadougou works

13 March 2015, Published under Cement News

Morocco’s Ciments de L’Afrique (Cimaf) is close to inaugurating its Ouagadougou plant in Burkina Faso. The 0.5Mta works represents an investment of XOF25bn (US$40m), according to local press reports. Cimaf will be able to double its capacity to 1Mta under the right market conditions and also export, according to the CEO of the group, Anas Sefrioiui. It is the fourth cement plant to start up in the west African country, after Diamond Cement (owned by India’s Wacem), HeidelbergCement’s C...

HeidelbergCement inaugurates 0.7Mta CimBurkina works

06 March 2015, Published under Cement News

HeidelbergCement has started production at its 0.7Mta CimBurkina grinding plant in Kossodo, Burkina Faso. The EUR42m grinding facility will be supplied with clinker from HeidelbergCement’s new 1.5Mta plant in Tabligbo, Togo, currently under implementation. This Cimburkina plant is a partnership with two local businesses. The latest addition to the Burkina production base sees three cement producers in the country. India-based Diamond Cement is market leader with a 60 per cent share while M...

Cimburkina to bring 0.65Mta capacity online in Burkina Faso

31 July 2013, Published under Cement News

Burkina Faso’s CIM-METAL Group SA has signed an investment agreement of XOF68.2bn (US$138m) with Burkina Faso for the construction and operation of cement and metal processing plants. The local cement market will now also be supplied by Cimburkina, in which Germany’s HeidelbergCement has a stake. Cimburkina is expected to bring 0.65Mta of cement capacity online in December, representing an investment of XOF25bn (US$50.6m).