05°38′14.3″N 0°00′27.8″E / 5.637306°N 0.007722°E
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Cement |
Founded | 1967 |
Headquarters | Tema, Ghana |
Website | https://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]
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.