Cement Price in Nigeria Today (Dangote And Others)

The price of cement in Nigeria keeps shifting almost on daily basis. This has created uncertainty among cement distributors and retailers alike. There are equally huge misinformation on the internet about the products price, with people creating all forms of speculations. It is based on these reasons that I have decided to create this page in other to keep you up to date about the recent new cement price in the Nigerian market.

This page will be updated every minute of the day to keep you informed on the current changes in daily cement price in Nigeria. I will also like you to join the effort by contributing your knowledge in the comment section. You may know the best price obtainable somewhere that I may not know. Feel free to share it with us using the comment form below.

List of Cement Brands in Nigeria and Price

This list includes all the cement brands known in Nigeria and I have arranged them in a table format for easy understanding.

Cement Brand	Wholesale Price	Retail Price
Dangote Cement	₦1,510,000	₦2,570
Ibeto Cement	₦1,500,000	₦2,550
Nigercem	₦1,200,000	₦2,550
Elephant Cement (WAPCO)	₦1,470,000	₦2,550
Reagan Cement	₦1,490,000	₦2,550
Eagle Cement	₦1,470,000	₦2,550
UNICEM	₦1,480,000	₦2,550
Cellular Concrete	₦1,040,000	₦2500
Ashaka Cement	₦1,470,000	₦2550
BUA Cement	₦1,470,000	₦2550

Top Cement Manufacturers in Nigeria

1. Dangote Cement

Dangote Cement is by far the largest and most popular cement brand in Nigeria. The current total production capacity in Nigeria from its three existing cement plants namely Obajana (10.25MMTPA), Ibese (6.0MMTPA) and Gboko (4.0MMTPA) is 20.25MMTPA.

The Obajana Cement Plant (OCP) located in Kogi State is reputed to be one of the single largest cement plants in the world with a combined capacity of 10.25MMTPA. A fourth line which add 3.0MMTPA to the existing capacity will bring the total capacity of Obajana to 13.25MMTPA by 2015.

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Dangote Cement is also the biggest quoted company in West Africa and the only Nigerian company on the Forbes Global 2000 Companies.

2. Elephant Cement

Like most cement brands in Nigeria, Elephant Cement is typically delivered in 50Kg bags for convenience and ease of handling. The cement product offers a reliable quality, high performance solution to the requirements of a wide range of applications, namely:

• Home concrete work such as foundation and garden paths
• Medium strength concrete for drive ways, unreinforced light industrial floors and mass concrete
• Canal precast element
• Masonry work: mortar and plaster
• Brick and block making Reinforced concrete
• Suspended slabs

3. Ibeto Cement

Located in Bundu Ama, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, it started producing bagged cement at its Bagging Terminal in June 2005. The Terminal is an ultra-modern bagging plant with a Flat-storage capacity of 50,000 metric tons. Production capacity of 1,500,000 tons per annum which translates to a production capacity of not less than 6,000 metric tons per day. It has two (2) production lines, each with a capacity of 2700 of 50kg bags per hour or designed total production capacity of 5400 of 50kg bags per hour.

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This means that nine (9) trucks of 600 bags each will be loaded every hour. It also has a third production line for big bags of 1500 kilograms, popularly known as the Big Bag Plant and yet a fourth production line for Bulk Cement powder which is loaded on special cement trucks fitted with tanks and discharge pumps.

Ibeto Cement company also owns 60% of Nigeria Cement Company Plc (NIGERCEM), Nkalagu, Ebonyi State. This situation has empowered Ibeto Cement to commence the expeditious resuscitation of the old Nigercem plant and the construction of a brand new dry-process plant.

4. BUA Cement Group

BUA Group possesses a strong capacity in cement manufacturing with 3 major subsidiaries and plants in Northern and Southern Nigeria as well as a 2 million metric tonnes per annum floating terminal serving niche markets. The Group’s plants have the capacity to Provides various grades of cement as required in the local Nigeria markets and meet the highest standard of cement manufacturing.