As a part of efforts to spice up the nation’s non-oil income, scale back the importation of calcium carbonates into the nation and encourage native manufacturing, Izedon Carbonates has launched a calcium carbonates manufacturing plant at Lampese in Edo state.
In accordance with the corporate, the plant is supplied with state-of-the-art equipment with extremely automated processes to reinforce effectivity. Talking on the commissioning of the plant at Lampese, Chairman and Founder, Izedon Carbonates, Osayi Izedonmwen, mentioned IzeCarb is the one built-in calcium carbonates manufacturing plant in Nigeria with a Federal Authorities-licensed and authorized quarry to mine high-quality dolomite and course of it into calcium carbonates which serves because the important uncooked materials for numerous merchandise, together with oil and fuel drilling fluids, Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC), paints and coatings and Plaster of Paris (POP). His phrases: “In consequence, IzeCarb operates a “Quarry to Buyer” mannequin and boasts a fleet of 50-ton supply vans that take merchandise on to clients, setting it aside from others.” Stating that dolomite is certainly one of Nigeria’s mineral sources with large deposits in Edo State that may enhance Nigeria’s non-oil income, create jobs and diversify the economic system, he mentioned import substitution is their finish objective, saying: “We foresee a future through which Nigeria will now not have to import calcium carbonates due to the high-quality calcium carbonates produced at IzeCarb.”
He revealed that over the subsequent six months, they intend to satisfy present native demand and by the top of subsequent yr, scale up manufacturing to 200,000 metric tons yearly. “We’ve got daring ambitions to develop our manufacturing capability to 1 million metric tons inside three years to serve Nigeria and the West Africa sub-region,” he mentioned. Managing Director/ CEO of Financial institution of Business (BoI), Dr Olasupo Olusi, who was represented by the financial institution’s south-south regional supervisor, Babatunde Ajala, recommended the corporate for the outstanding undertaking, including that BoI would help the corporate’s future enlargement to allow it to actualise its dream of import substitution.
Chairman of Akoko-Edo Native Authorities Space, Tajudeen Suleman, who was additionally current on the plant’s groundbreaking ceremony in February, expressed delight on the commissioning of the manufacturing plant.
Izedonmwen mentioned they at the moment produce in numerous types together with floor calcium carbonate of various micron sizes, coated calcium carbonate and dolomite combination.
