The President of the Republic inaugurated this Wednesday a cement factory in Maputo province, with capacity to produce two million tons per year, besides reducing clinker imports, the main raw material in cement production.
“The factory will improve the business economy of the cement industry sector because it will involve the reduction of clinker imports, one of the most used inputs in the manufacturing process,” said Filipe Nyusi, at the inauguration of the factory in Matutuíne, in Maputo province.
The new factory, called Mozambique Dugongo Cimentos, will produce 5 000 tonnes of clinker per day, which will reduce its import by about 360,000 tonnes per year, corresponding to US$54 million, the head of state said.
“With the production of clinker in the country, we will be increasingly contributing to the reduction of the cost of cement production, with the aim of stabilizing the final price and increasing the ability of Mozambicans to buy cement,” said the President.
According to Filipe Nyusi, 330 million dollars were invested for the construction of the plant, employing 350 people.
“I reaffirm my commitment to promote and attract more investment and entrepreneurs to establish industrial clinker production units in other regions of the country,” concluded Filipe Nyusi.
With the new plant, Mozambique now has 16 cement producers, nine of which are in Maputo province and the remaining seven in Sofala, in the center of the country, Nampula and Cabo Delgado in the north, and which together have the annual capacity to produce seven million tons of cement.
