Cement in Nigeria: emitters, CO2 & carbon value

10 tracked facilities, ≈24,185,411 t CO2/yr combined — here are the largest, what that CO2 is worth at current prices, and the sector's reduction pathway. Full sector pathway: decarbonizing cement.

The numbers

Cement in Nigeria at a glance

Metric	Value	Note
Facilities tracked	10	with CO2 estimates
Total est. CO2	24,185,411 t/yr	Climate TRACE 2023
Average per facility	2,418,541 t/yr
Indicative carbon value	€1,823M/yr	at €75.36/t CBAM

📦 Cement is a CBAM sector. EU-bound exports from Nigeria pay the border price on the 2026→2034 phase-in — how CBAM works.

No carbon-pricing instrument is tracked for this country on this hub — exporters of CBAM goods to the EU still pay the border price with no domestic deduction.

Largest emitters

Top 10 cement CO2 emitters in Nigeria

#	Facility	Owner	t CO2/yr (est. 2023)	Indicative value
1	Obajana Cement Plant	Dangote Cement PLC	5,910,670	€445.4M
2	Sokoto Cement Plant	BUA International Ltd	4,320,860	€325.6M
3	Ojibawo Cement Plant	Dangote Cement PLC	3,202,735	€241.4M
4	Okpotu Cement Plant	BUA International Ltd	2,874,721	€216.6M
5	Sagamu Cement Plant	Lafarge Africa PLC	2,479,710	€186.9M
6	Ewekoro 1 Cement Plant	Lafarge Africa PLC	1,812,170	€136.6M
7	Gboko Cement Plant	Dangote Cement PLC	1,223,364	€92.2M
8	Ewekoro 2 Cement Plant	Lafarge Africa PLC	1,037,150	€78.2M
9	Iddo Cement Plant	Mangal Industries Ltd	919,241	€69.3M
10	Ashaka Cement Plant	Lafarge Africa PLC	404,790	€30.5M

Climate TRACE satellite estimates via IndustryAtlas — modelled, not verified; some entries aggregate clusters. Corrections welcome.

⬇ This table (CSV)🖨 PDF for management

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Same industry, other countries

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89,966,739 t CO2/yr

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FAQ

Questions

How many cement facilities does Nigeria have with tracked emissions?

10 facilities carry satellite-based CO2 estimates in our dataset (Climate TRACE 2023), totalling ≈24,185,411 t CO2/yr.

What is the largest cement emitter in Nigeria?

Obajana Cement Plant — ≈5,910,670 t CO2/yr (est. 2023). Estimates are modelled, not verified declarations.

What would this CO2 cost at the CBAM price?

≈€1,823M per year at €75.36/t — indicative full-price value; actual cost depends on the EU-bound export share.

How this page is built: heat-loss figures follow ASTM C680 / ISO 12241 (the method behind our public calculators); facility emissions from Climate TRACE & EU ETS verified data across 30,000+ industrial sites; the 2026–2034 schedule is Regulation (EU) 2023/956, not a forecast. Published by Inzonex — manufacturer of modular removable insulation (UK Patent GB2508992.1). Spotted an error? Tell us — we correct on evidence.