EditorTHE Group Executive Director, Strategy, Capital Projects & Portfolio Development, Dangote Industries Limited, Devakumar Edwin says Dangote’s $2bn Petrochemical Plant located in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State, has been designed to produce 77 different grades of polypropylene.
He explained that the plant would have a turnover of $1.2bn.
According to Edwin, the 900,000 metric tonnes per annum capacity Petrochemical plant, has been strategically positioned to cater to the demands of the growing plastic processing downstream industries, not only in Africa, but also in other parts of the world.
Giving an update on the plant, he said it would drive investment in the downstream industries massively, generating huge value addition in the country, generate employment, increase tax revenues, reduce foreign exchange outflow and increase the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country.
He added that the Petrochemical plant would also embark on the production of polyethylene products in the nearest future.
Edwin said, “The Dangote Petrochemical plant is being built alongside the refinery. Primarily, the plant is going to produce polypropylene products. We are thinking of adding polyethylene products at a later stage.
“We have 77 types of polypropylene, which can go for different usage that we can produce from our petrochemical plant.
Currently, the plant is capable of producing about 900,000 tonnes of polypropylene per annum. Our Petrochemical plant should be the biggest in Africa.”
Edwin said the petrochemical plant would reduce the demand for foreign exchange from the nation’s treasury to import petrochemical by-products.
“Right now, raw materials from polypropylene are imported into the country. There is no foreign exchange for manufacturers to import raw materials.
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The Dangote Petrochemical plant is going to take care of this challenge. When the raw materials are locally available, there will be many more people who will be willing to invest in the economy.
So, it not just the savings of foreign exchange from petrochemical products’ importation, the country’s downstream sector will also benefit hugely from the availability of petrochemicals in the country,” he said.
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