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The company said that it accounts for 35% of the country’s cement sector exports, equivalent to 3.4Mt/yr.

During the Intra-African Trade Fair hosted by Algeria, major contracts were signed between Algerian and Libyan institutions.

Cement production rose by 17.3% in the first half of 2025 to 4.85 million tonnes from 4.14 million tonnes in the same period of 2024 according to official data.

Officials in western Libya have laid the foundation stone for a new cement plant in Nalut, with an estimated cost of $600m.

In the coming years in Libya a number of new kiln lines are planned for a massive capacity expansion.

Nigeria’s Dangote Cement has become the largest cement company in Sub-Saharan Africa, operating in 10 countries.

Management of Dangote Cement has announced that it will commission the 3Mta grinding plant in Côte d’Ivoire by the third quarter of this year.