BUA To Commission $500m Edo Cement Plant

The $500 million Edo Cement Company’s plant located at Okpella in Edo State will be ready for commissioning early next year.
This was made known by the Chairman of BUA Group, Alhaji Abdulsamad Rabiu, at the signing of the $35million contract agreement between BUA Group and Siemens to build a new gas turbine power plant for the cement factory owned by the group.
The contract which was signed with Siemens at BUA’s London office was for Siemens to supply 3 SGT 500 turbines manufactured by Siemens Industrial Turbo Machinery AB in Finspang, Sweden with a total capacity of about 45MW to supply power to the ultra modern $500 million Edo cement plant currently under construction which is expected to be completed early 2014.
Rabiu expressed satisfaction with construction giant, Julius Berger’s pace of work at the cement company. “I am particularly very impressed so far by the civil construction work done by Julius Berger. 70 per cent of the cement plant equipment have been shipped and are currently on site and the pace of work by Julius Berger is very comprehensive and impressive. By early 2014, the cement factory will be ready for use.
Rabiu revealed that the capacity of the plant under construction is three million metric tonnes per year and will significantly contribute to product availability to Nigerian consumers.
According to BUA Group, the SGT-500 turbines are unique for the African market because they offer flexibility in optimising investment returns, extremely low maintenance costs, high reliability and limited number of personnel required for their operation and maintenance.
BUA Group acquired Edo Cement in 2010 and has since then been transforming the factory to world class standard.