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Ghana Cement

Coordinates: 05°38′14.3″N 0°00′27.8″E / 5.637306°N 0.007722°E / 5.637306; 0.007722
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05°38′14.3″N 0°00′27.8″E / 5.637306°N 0.007722°E / 5.637306; 0.007722

Ghana Cement (Ghacem)
Company typePrivate
IndustryCement
Founded1967
HeadquartersTema, Ghana
Websitehttps://www.ghacem.com/en

Ghana Cement also known as Ghacem was founded by the Government of Ghana in collaboration with Norcem AS of Norway, on August 30, 1967.[1][2] It is the largest producer of cement in Ghana. Ghacem has since inception produced more than 30 million tons of cement.[3][4]

Operations[edit]

The two primary factories of Ghacem are situated in Takoradi and Tema.[5] The bigger of the two factories, Tema, was the first to be founded. The Takoradi plant was established in the 1990s to cater to Ghana's Central and Western regions.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Welcome to Ghacem - The Nation Builder". Ghana Cement. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Ministry of Trade and Industry in Ghana bans the issuance of permits to new cement companies". World Cement. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  3. ^ "GHACEM reduces Ex-factory cement price by about 2 cedis". www.myjoyonline.com. My Joyonline. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  4. ^ Kpekpena, Israel; Hu, Haiyan (1 January 2019). "Ghacem in Ghana: marketing cement in a newly competitive environment". The CASE Journal. 15 (5): 485–502. doi:10.1108/TCJ-01-2018-0016. ISSN 1544-9106.
  5. ^ "Ghacem Limited | Devex". www.devex.com. Retrieved 8 June 2024.

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