ScanMines-Togo, a subsidiary of Germany’s HeidelbergCement, expects production at its new works, located on the Sika-Kondji limestone deposit, to start at the end of 2014.

The company plans to ramp up clinker production to 5000tpd and build two cement plants in the country.

ScanMines-Togo is HeidelbergCement’s second subsidiary in Togo, after Ciments du Togo (Cimtogo). It represents an investment of US$254m.