Our Alternative Fuel Journey
Dangote Cement is Africa’s largest cement producer with a production capacity of 52 million tonnes per year across ten countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Through regional integration our vision is to help the continent to become self-sufficient cement. As a foundational member of the GCCA, we follow technology developments in the industry to support decarbonization initiatives, including our Alternative Fuel project.
On our decarbonisation journey, we have made progress through the adoption of the alternative fuels project for reducing our environmental footprint. Since the project commenced in 2021, over 581,000 tons of alternative fuels have been coprocessed. Currently at 9.8%, thermal substitution rate with AF is steadily progressing toward our 2025 and 2030 targets of 25% and 40%.
As the population of Africa expands, the region urgently needs infrastructure which creates an opportunity to serve a population of about 1.3 billion people while protecting the planet.