Kwanza Sul to increase output to 1.05Mta

From 2020 Fábrica de Cimento do Kwanza-Sul (FCKS) plans to increase production at its Sumbe plant in Angola to 70 per cent of its 1.5Mta cement capacity, according to its Director of Human Resources and Administration, Joaquim Manuel. This will lift output to 1.05Mta.

Achieving an output of 1.05Mta will enable the company to meet the growing demand from public and private projects.

At present, the plant runs at 30 per cent, or 0.45Mt, of its capacity. Mr Manuel attributes the low utilisation rate to the halt in several projects in the country as a result of the economic recession that has taken hold of Angola since 2014.