The Dangote Group has said it will sign
$5.55bn loan deals with financiers on September 4 for the building of a
$9bn refinery and petrochemical complex to be located at the Olokola
Free Trade Zone, Ondo State.
The group told Reuters on Tuesday
it would borrow $3.3bn for the 400,000 barrels a day refinery expected
to double the country’s refining capacity by late 2016.
The conglomerate, with business
interests in cement, food processing and oil and gas, also said it was
seeking another $2.25bn from development funds for the refinery.
When put together, about $5.55bn will be
sourced externally from financiers and the group said the loan deals
would be signed with the financiers on September 4.
The Chairman, Dangote Group, Alhaji
Aliko Dangote, who recently emerged as Africa’s richest man, said he
would put $3.5bn down as his own equity.
Dangote had in April said he would put
down $4bn of his personal fortune to build the refinery, while
international financial institutions would raise the balance.
Culled from Punch News
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