KEYNOTE ABSTRACT

As cement industry is expanding in Democratic Republic of Congo, the 2nd largest country in Africa, with more than 100 millions, driven by Government’s infrastructures projects and fast growing mining sector (Copper, Cobalt, Lithium, Tin, etc.), local cement players are striving to adopt the best substitution rate of imported coal, making their contribution to greener cement sector, supporting local communities supplying biomass.
At PPC Barnet DRC, the strategy is to achieve a thermal substitution rate of 60% by 2030.

Anticipating biomass scarcity and willing to contribute in wastes management of main cities like Kinshasa and Matadi, PPC Barnet DRC is looking for partnership to build an RDF production facilty and potentially a wastes-to-energy plant to serve partly its needs.