Thursday, August 7, 2014

IVORY COAST: Limak Holding plans $50 mln Ivory Coast cement investment

Turkey's Limak Holding will enter the African cement market with a $50 million investment to build a plant in Ivory Coast with partner Afrikbat.

Limak will hold a 51 percent stake in the joint venture set up with Afrikbat and they aim to begin production in late 2015.

The plant will have a processing capacity of 1 million tonnes and will export to other African countries, Limak CEO Nihat Ozdemir said at a signing ceremony.

The ground-breaking for the plant is planned in December.

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