After ten months of negotiations, on 24 January 2003 FLSmidth signed a contract to supply two 5,000 tpd cement production lines to the privately-owned Dangote Group in Nigeria. Dangote Group is the largest cement importer in Nigeria providing more than a third of all cement sold in the country.

When finished in 2005, the Obajana plant will have a capacity exceeding 10,000 tpd, making it the largest facility of its kind in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Obajana is a huge and fantastic project. It is a special challenge that has offered encouraging and exciting experiences for FLSmidth, the customer and other partners in the project.

Signed on Free on Board (FOB) terms the contract covers

• Civil design including structural steel design
• Mechanical equipment supplies
• Electrical/control equipment
• Replacement parts 
• Plant erection
• Commissioning services

The contract negotiations were challenging. FLSmidth was presented with numerous requirements, and all equipment was to be of the latest design and best quality.

FLSmidth is to supply the following machinery

• Two FRM 52 raw mills with MAAG gears
• Four electrostatic precipitators from FLSmidth Airtech
• Two 22.4 x 54 m blending silos
• Two ILC 5-stage preheaters
• Two 3-support 5.00 x 80.0 rotary kilns
• Two 4 x 6 SF Cross-Bar coolers
• Four OK 33-4 cement mills with MAAG gears
• Quality and process control system from FLSmidth Automation
• Raw material storage incl. LHO bridge reclaimers, stackers and side scrapers from FLSmidth Materials Handling

The project entails supplies of more than 30,000 tonnes of equipment being shipped from ports around the world.