ASEC Cement said Tuesday that it began production at the $252.7 million Takamol greenfield cement plant in Sudan, according to a statement.
The plant’s remote location, on the left bank of the Nile some 320 km north of Khartoum, posed a challenge for the company.
“Takamol is in a remote area on the left bank of the Nile, and the location was dictated by its proximity to the limestone quarries that give the plant an important competitive advantage,” ASEC Cement Chairman and CEO Giorgio Bodo said. This was “compounded by the fact that the two banks of the Nile were only recently connected by a bridge.” Until then, the company had used pontoons.
ASEC Cement is a Portfolio Company of ASEC Holding, Citadel Capital’s Platform Company for investments in the regional engineering and construction industry.
ASEC Cement built 15 km of roads to connect Takamol to government roads, erected a water treatment station connected to the plant, and contracted to build its own 42 MW captive power plant, which now provides all of Takamol’s electricity needs.
The plant has a nominal capacity of 1.45 million tons per annum (MTPA) of clinker and 1.6 MTPA of cement.
