Zambia: Dangote agrees to sell power to CEC


Issue 395 - 28 Jun 2019 | 1 minute read

Dangote Cement Zambia has agreed to start selling power to Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) to help the mining sector manage power shortages affecting Africa’s second biggest copper producer. As part of its $500m investment in Zambia’s biggest cement manufacturing plant, which came on stream in 2015, Dangote built a 30MW predominantly coal-fired thermal power plant to guarantee steady power supply. Dangote buys coal from Nava Bharat Ventures’ wholly owned Maamba Collieries Limited, whose 300MW mine-mouth power plant is the biggest in Zambia.

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