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Dangote’s $2bn Petrochemical Plant to Produce 77 Grades of Polypropylene

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"rLkkySCM" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Dangote’s &dollar;2 billion Petrochemical Plant located in Ibeju-Lekki&comma; Lagos State&comma; is designed to produce 77 different high-performance grades of polypropylene in the country&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"pHvzsEks" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>With a turnover of &dollar;1&period;2 billion&comma; the 900&comma;000 metric tonnes per annum capacity Dangote Petrochemical plant&comma; situated alongside the Dangote Refinery&comma; has been strategically positioned to cater to the demands of the growing plastic processing downstream industries&semi; not only in Africa&comma; but also in other parts of the world&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;2021&sol;08&sol;29&sol;negotiating-with-banditsa-bad-strategy-zagga&sol;">Negotiating With Bandits&comma;A Bad Strategy-Zagga<&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;Giving an update on the petrochemical plant in Lagos&comma; Group Executive Director&comma; Strategy&comma; Capital Projects &amp&semi; Portfolio Development&comma; Dangote Industries Limited&comma; Devakumar Edwin said the Dangote Petrochemical&comma; will drive investment in the downstream industries massively &comma; generating huge value addition in the country &comma; generate employment &comma; increase tax revenues &comma; reduce foreign exchange outflow and increase the Gross Domestic Product &lpar;GDP&rpar; of the country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He added that the Petrochemical plant&comma; which is nearing completion&comma; would also embark on the production of polyethylene products in the nearest future&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ZX6tE64C" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Edwin stated that&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Dangote Petrochemical plant is being built alongside the refinery&period; Primarily&comma; the Dangote Petrochemical Plant is going to produce polypropylene products&period; We are thinking of adding polyethylene products at a later stage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We have 77 types of polypropylene&comma; which can go for different usage that we can produce from our petrochemical plant&period; Currently&comma; the plant is capable of producing about 900&comma;000 tonnes of polypropylene per annum&period; Our Petrochemical plant should be the biggest in Africa&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Edwin said the petrochemical plant would reduce the demand for foreign exchange from the nation’s treasury to import petrochemical by-products&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Right now&comma; raw materials from polypropylene are imported into the country&period; There is no foreign exchange for manufacturers to import raw materials&period; The Dangote Petrochemical plant is going to take care of this challenge&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;When the raw materials are locally available&comma; there will be many more people who will be willing to invest in the economy&period; So&comma; it not just the savings of foreign exchange from petrochemical products’ importation&comma; the country’s downstream sector will also benefit hugely from the availability of petrochemicals in the country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 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