# Dangote Cement to start Bouansa grinding plant in Congo

Dangote Cement's $300 million cement grinding plant in Bouansa, Congo is 99% complete and set to commence operations in October 2017. The plant will have a capacity of 1.5 million tonnes per year and create about 1,600 jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-10-03
- Where: Bouansa, Congo - Brazzaville
- Value: $300.0M
- Jobs: 1,600
- Starts operating: Oct 2017
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 1.5 million tonnes per year
- Products: cement
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [Dangote Cement](https://endata.com/companies/19418.md)

## Sources

- [cemnet.com](https://www.cemnet.com/News/story/162580/dangote-cement-s-bouasnsa-plant-is-almost-complete.html), 2017-10-03: "The Congo Cement plant is now 99 per cent complete and set to commence operations."

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