Dangote's new site represents the sector's largest recent capacity boost, following the November 2015 inauguration of the 500m, 3mtpa cement plant in Mtwara in the southeast. The factory has 3000 tonnes per day (tpd) of clinker output, and three packing machines with capacity for 2400 bags per hour, or 2880 tpd, with plans to fuel its operations via a 30MW gasfired power plant.