Nigerian billionaire Abdulsamad Rabiu’s BUA Cement commissions 3 million metric tonnes
BUA Cement’s market capitalization is $5.7 billion, making it the fourth most capitalized company on the Nigerian Exchange.
BUA Cement’s market capitalization is $5.7 billion, making it the fourth most capitalized company on the Nigerian Exchange.
Rabiu owns 99.8 percent of the newly established food business segment.
The news comes despite a slump in fortified sugar sales and a single-digit increase in its direct production costs.
So far this year, BUA Foods’ stock ranks as the best performing stock on the Nigerian Exchange.
Rabiu’s stake in BUA Foods is now valued at $2.795 billion.
Rabiu’s stake in the newly-listed BUA Foods has catapulted his net worth above $7 billion.
More than 1 billion shares in BUA Foods were exchanged by investors by midday on the Nigerian bourse.
BUA Cement is Nigeria’s second-largest cement producer and the largest cement producer.
The subsidies program targets operators acting under Nigeria’s sugar backward intervention program.
The development significantly boosts Nigeria’s quest to ensure self-sufficiency in sugar production.
The loss was due to poor performance by his company, BUA Cement, on the Nigerian Exchange.
BUA Cement is a Nigerian cement manufacturer with an installed capacity of 8 million tonnes per annum.
The donation was made through his Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative, the philanthropic arm of BUA Group.
Wartsila Oyj Abp is a Finnish company that manufactures and services power sources and other equipment.
BUA Group will construct the 2,000-tonne-per-day plant with the Turkish MMM Erba Makina.
The ASRi is the philanthropic arm of BUA Group.