The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has called on Lafarge Africa to support the government’s drive towards ensuring adequate power generation and distribution in industrial hubs.
Fayemi, who made the request during a recent working visit to Lafarge Africa’s Ewekoro cement plant in Ogun State, said the company’s effort at generating sufficient power for its operations across the country through the use of biomass was commendable.
Lafarge had revealed that it was recycling palm kernel shells as biomass to generate power for the kilns used in cement making. According to the minister, the use of biomass saves money that would have been used to buy fuel and foreign exchange, adding that the power from the biomass plant would generate half of the energy used in firing the kilns.
