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7 dated items: 6 verified, 1 reportedEdition of 10 October 2026
At Mboro, the Prime Minister, Head of Government, representing the Head of State, laid the foundation stone of the complex, highlighting its consistency with industrialisation, import substitution and local processing of raw materials.
Source: Cameroon Tribune, 30 Dec 2024 (Original source) ↗Read the item ↓
The 42 km line from the Kribi gas power plant to the port and the 225/30 kV substation are to supply 100 MW initially, then 330 to 400 MW.
Source: Port Autonome de Kribi, communiqué, 6 Aug 2025Read the item ↓
The Prime Minister set up a committee whose remit includes securing iron-ore supply for local steelmakers and enforcing local-processing obligations.
Source: EcoMatin, 16 Apr 2026 (Original source) ↗Read the item ↓
The Port Autonome de Kribi and its partners launched the company that will design, finance, develop and operate the Kribi industrial-port zone of about 4,000 ha, including a cluster for “steelmaking linked to mineral exports”.
Source: Investir au Cameroun, 4 Mar 2026 (Original source) ↗Read the item ↓
According to one press report, the tour of 7 to 9 April 2026 by the Director General of the Port Autonome de Kribi included, for the mining sector, the “modern steel complex of Kribi”. We report this without having verified it with the port.
Source: Bougna.net, 8 Apr 2026Read the item ↓
The Government and partners signed a memorandum covering the studies, financing, construction and operation of a line of about 185 km serving Kribi.
Source: Port Autonome de Kribi, communiqué, 4 Jun 2026Read the item ↓
Market, technology, energy, climate, skills and quality: ten sourced studies to inform the building of a steel value chain in Cameroon.
Source: Cameroon SteelRead the item ↓Open the library →
Date announced by the Port Autonome de Kribi for the line and substation that will supply the industrial zone.
Source: Port Autonome de Kribi, communiqués of 6 Aug 2025 and 19 Aug 2026 (site visit by the Minister of Water and Energy)See the project timeline →
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The Kribi port industrial zone takes shape, rail plans advance and Cameroon Steel publishes its research.
Market, technology, energy, climate, skills and quality: ten sourced studies to inform the building of a steel value chain in Cameroon.
Source: Cameroon Steel · Open the library
The Government and partners signed a memorandum covering the studies, financing, construction and operation of a line of about 185 km serving Kribi.
Source: Port Autonome de Kribi, communiqué, 4 Jun 2026
According to one press report, the tour of 7 to 9 April 2026 by the Director General of the Port Autonome de Kribi included, for the mining sector, the “modern steel complex of Kribi”. We report this without having verified it with the port.
Source: Bougna.net, 8 Apr 2026
The Port Autonome de Kribi and its partners launched the company that will design, finance, develop and operate the Kribi industrial-port zone of about 4,000 ha, including a cluster for “steelmaking linked to mineral exports”.
Source: Investir au Cameroun, 4 Mar 2026 (Original source) ↗
Work starts on the port’s power supply and the State organises the link between mining and metallurgy.
The Prime Minister set up a committee whose remit includes securing iron-ore supply for local steelmakers and enforcing local-processing obligations.
The 42 km line from the Kribi gas power plant to the port and the 225/30 kV substation are to supply 100 MW initially, then 330 to 400 MW.
Source: Port Autonome de Kribi, communiqué, 6 Aug 2025
The foundation stone of the complex is laid at Mboro, south of Kribi.
At Mboro, the Prime Minister, Head of Government, representing the Head of State, laid the foundation stone of the complex, highlighting its consistency with industrialisation, import substitution and local processing of raw materials.
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