Thies Cement Plant

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Thies Cement Plant (Cimenterie Dangote Thiès) is an integrated cement plant operating in Pout, Thiès Region, Senegal.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the cement plant in Pout, Thiès Region, Senegal:

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Coordinates (WGS 84): 14.796560, -17.041497 (exact)

Background

Another cement company in Senegal, Sococim sued the state for enabling Dangote to bypass the permitting process and the environmental impact studies before constructing their plant. Sococim alleged that Dangote paid a prominent Senegalese figure 12.6 million to build the plant.

The plant also came at the cost of displacing people of the Galane village. Residents were just relocated a few meters away yet still experienced a decline in water and an increase of noise and air pollution. Dangote built 44 homes where families of ten or more are now living. The homes are connected to electricity and a water source, but are costly. The cement plant requires 4500 cubic meters of water per day for the coal powered electric system to cool. As a result, communal water wells which residents rely on for daily and agriculture use are drying up. The underground water has also been salinized due to seawater intrusion occurring from plant operations. The diminishing supply and quality of the water is also impacting agriculture as it is becoming more difficult to care and sell the cattle. Cattle owners and residents are having to walk 3 km for fresh water.

Cement Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant type	Plant status	Start date
integrated	Operating	2014

Table 2: Ownership Details

Additional information including parent company references and full ownership trees available at the Global Energy Ownership Tracker.

Parent company	Parent company GEM ID	Owner name	Owner company GEM ID
Dangote Cement PLC [100.0%]	E100001000659 [100.0%]	Dangote Cement PLC [100%] (Ciment Dangote [100%] (French))	E100001000659 [100.0%]

Table 3: Capacities

Cement capacity (million metric tonnes per annum)	Clinker capacity (million metric tonnes per annum)	Unspecified capacity (million metric tonnes per annum)
1.5	1.2	–

Table 4: Cement Production

Primary cement color	Primary cement type	Production type	Green cement technology
grey	blended	dry	Alternative fuels

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Additional data

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