# Dangote Cement opens 1.5mtpa plant in Mfila, Congo

Dangote Cement Plc commissioned a 1.5 million metric tonnes per annum cement plant in Mfila, Republic of Congo, estimated at $300 million, creating about 1,000 direct jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-11-23
- Where: Mfila, Republic of Congo, Congo - Brazzaville
- Value: $300.0M
- Jobs: 1,000
- Starts operating: 23 Nov 2017
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 1.5 million metric tonnes per annum
- Products: cement
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [dangote-group.africa-newsroom.com](https://dangote-group.africa-newsroom.com/press/dangote-cement-stirs-industrial-revolution-in-africa-with-the-commissioning-of-mfila-plant-in-the-republic-of-congo?lang=en), 2017-11-23: "It is our hope that the inauguration of the plant will boost Congo’s economy, conserve foreign exchange that would otherwise have been spent on imports for the country"

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