# Western Diamond Cement opens $50 million cement factory in Bokoro, Ghana

Western Diamond Cement Limited, part of the Diamond Cement Group, officially inaugurated a $50 million cement factory at Bokoro in the Ahanta West District of Ghana's Western Region. The plant has a capacity of one million tonnes of Portland Limestone Cement per annum and will create about 2,000 direct and indirect jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2016-11-04
- Where: Bokoro, Ahanta West District, Western Region, Ghana
- Value: $50.0M
- Jobs: 2,000
- Starts operating: 4 Nov 2016
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 1 million tonnes per annum
- Products: Portland Limestone Cement
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [Western Diamond Cement Limited](https://endata.com/companies/19926.md)
- [Diamond Cement Group](https://endata.com/companies/19927.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [dailyguidenetwork.com](https://dailyguidenetwork.com/50m-diamond-cement-factory-opens/), 2016-11-04: "An ultra-modern $50 million Western Diamond Cement factory belonging to the Diamond Cement Group, was officially inaugurated in the Western Region by President John Dramani Mahama yesterday."
- [cemnet.com](https://www.cemnet.com/News/story/160480/ghana-western-diamond-cement-plant-inaugurated.html), 2016-11-07: "This US$50m project we are witnessing is a manifestation of the foreign direct investment that Ghana is experiencing economic growth."

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