Dangote Cement's Coal-Powered Tanzanian Plant to Create Price Pressure

JOHANNESBURG--October 28, 2014--Written by Richard Finlayson, Senior International Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--High energy costs in Tanzania have led to very high cement prices. Now, Nigeria's Dangote Cement, part of the Dangote Group (Lagos, Nigeria), has set the cat among the pigeons by announcing it will develop a coal mine in Tanzania's western region. The mine will feed a cement plant that Dangote is setting up in Tanzania. Within this article: Details on Dangote's Mtwara grassroot cement plant and the future of Tanzania's cement industry.