Diamond Freetown Cement Plant

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Diamond Freetown Cement Plant is a grinding cement plant operating in Freetown, Western Area, Sierra Leone.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the cement plant in Freetown, Western Area, Sierra Leone:

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Coordinates (WGS 84): 8.489721, -13.204029 (exact)

Background

When the plant was under the ownership of Sierra Leone Cement Company (Leocem), residents raised concern about the environmental and health implications. It is unclear if any resolutions were made to fix these concerns.

Cement Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant type	Plant status	Start date
grinding	Operating	unknown

Table 2: Ownership Details

Additional information including parent company references and full ownership trees available at the Global Energy Ownership Tracker.

Parent company	Parent company GEM ID	Owner name	Owner company GEM ID
West African Cement SA [unknown%]	E100002005942 [unknown%]	Western Diamond Cement Ltd [100.0%]	E100002005941 [100.0%]

Table 3: Capacities

Cement capacity (million metric tonnes per annum)	Clinker capacity (million metric tonnes per annum)	Unspecified capacity (million metric tonnes per annum)
0.5	–	–

Table 4: Cement Production

Primary cement color	Primary cement type
unknown	unknown

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Additional data

To access additional data, including an interactive map of Cement plants, a downloadable dataset, and summary data, please visit the Global Cement and Concrete Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.