Partners
Partnerships built for a long-term industry.
A steelworks is built and run over decades, with the State, financiers and technical partners. Here is what Cameroon Steel brings, what it seeks, and the standards it commits to apply.
Start a conversationPublic institutions
The State and its administrations, local authorities, the port and industrial zone, education bodies.
Read the full exchangeWhat we seek
- Coordination on shared infrastructure: power, water, roads, rail and port.
- Visibility on procedures, notably the environmental and social assessment.
- Training partnerships with public institutions.
- StructureDialogue on product standards and their enforcement.
What we bring
- A project aligned with public policy: industrialisation, import substitution and local processing of raw materials, in the words of the Prime Minister at the foundation-stone ceremony.
- OreA contribution to local ore processing, which the 2023 Mining Code sets at no less than 15% of mine output.
- Public, sourced information: white papers, a sources register, calculation tools.
- A local skills and employment programme (objective).
Technical partners
Technology suppliers, engineering firms, laboratories, universities and training centres.
Read the full exchangeWhat we seek
- Liquid steelBilletBarProven, energy-efficient electric melting, casting and rolling technologies.
- By-product valorisation: slag into aggregates, dust handled by licensed operators.
- Training programmes and quality laboratories.
- IronIn time, applied research on Cameroonian ore and direct reduction.
What we bring
- A reference project in Central Africa, in an organised port industrial zone.
- Teams to train and a clear commitment to technology transfer.
- Open data for research: sources, assumptions, tools.
Financial partners
Development finance institutions, banks, export-credit insurers, long-term investors.
Read the full exchangeWhat we seek
- Long-term partners to finance the successive phases.
- Support on environmental, social and climate structuring.
- Instruments suited to an industrial project in Central Africa: long-term debt, guarantees, insurance.
What we bring
- Liquid steelBarPhased development that starts with an electric melt shop and a rolling mill before rising to design capacity.
- A commitment to apply the IFC Performance Standards, the World Bank Group EHS Guidelines and the Equator Principles.
- A public reference model in which every assumption carries its status and source.
- An electric route on a hydro-dominated grid, with a low indicative carbon intensity.
Information that is not public is shared under confidentiality agreements.
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Public institutions
The State and its administrations, local authorities, the port and industrial zone, education bodies.
30December 2024
Foundation stone laid at Mboro by the Prime Minister, representing the Head of State
Source
Cameroon Tribune, « Kribi : le Premier ministre, chef du gouvernement est là », 30 Dec 2024
15%
Minimum share of mine output for local processing (2023 Mining Code, art. 40(4))
Source
Loi n° 2023/014 du 19 décembre 2023 portant Code minier, art. 40(4)
What we bring
- A project aligned with public policy: industrialisation, import substitution and local processing of raw materials, in the words of the Prime Minister at the foundation-stone ceremony.
- A contribution to local ore processing, which the 2023 Mining Code sets at no less than 15% of mine output.
- Public, sourced information: white papers, a sources register, calculation tools.
- A local skills and employment programme (objective).
What we seek
- Coordination on shared infrastructure: power, water, roads, rail and port.
- Visibility on procedures, notably the environmental and social assessment.
- Training partnerships with public institutions.
- Dialogue on product standards and their enforcement.
Financial partners
Development finance institutions, banks, export-credit insurers, long-term investors.
0.3Mt/yr
Planned first phase: reinforcing bar and wire rod
Source
Cameroon Steel reference configuration RC-1 (edition 10 Oct 2026): planning assumption, subject to engineering and permits
1Mt/yr
Target design capacity, built in phases
Source
Cameroon Tribune, « Industrialisation : la voie royale de l’émergence », 2 Jan 2025
~0.58t CO₂/t
Indicative intensity including upstream imported DRI: the closest basis to route averages. Scopes 1 and 2 alone: about 0.32 t in Phase 1 (0.33 t at full build-out)
Source
Cameroon Steel reference configuration RC-1: electricity per tonne (IFC ranges for the furnace and rolling; RC-1 assumptions for induction heating and auxiliaries) × Cameroon grid factor 226 gCO₂/kWh (Ember, 2024, when hydropower supplied about 72%; ARSEL reports about 90% for 2025: the 2024 factor is kept as the prudent value); direct emissions and upstream of imported DRI at 0.70 t CO₂ per tonne of DRI (gas-based shaft furnace) are RC-1 assumptions
What we bring
- Phased development that starts with an electric melt shop and a rolling mill before rising to design capacity.
- A commitment to apply the IFC Performance Standards, the World Bank Group EHS Guidelines and the Equator Principles.
- A public reference model in which every assumption carries its status and source.
- An electric route on a hydro-dominated grid, with a low indicative carbon intensity.
What we seek
- Long-term partners to finance the successive phases.
- Support on environmental, social and climate structuring.
- Instruments suited to an industrial project in Central Africa: long-term debt, guarantees, insurance.
Information that is not public is shared under confidentiality agreements.
Technical partners
Technology suppliers, engineering firms, laboratories, universities and training centres.
~90%
Hydropower share of Cameroon’s electricity generation in 2025 according to ARSEL (about 72% in 2024 according to Ember, the year of the 226 gCO₂/kWh factor this site uses)
Source
ARSEL, Rapport d’activités 2025, 7 Sep 2026
arsel-cm.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Rapport-ARSEL-2025.p
What we bring
- A reference project in Central Africa, in an organised port industrial zone.
- Teams to train and a clear commitment to technology transfer.
- Open data for research: sources, assumptions, tools.
What we seek
- Proven, energy-efficient electric melting, casting and rolling technologies.
- By-product valorisation: slag into aggregates, dust handled by licensed operators.
- Training programmes and quality laboratories.
- In time, applied research on Cameroonian ore and direct reduction.
This site does not describe the commercial or technical agreements Cameroon Steel has entered into: they are commercially confidential.
Standards
The standards we commit to.
These are commitments for design, construction and operation, not certifications obtained. Their application will be verified by independent assessments.
IFC Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability (2012)
Source: IFC, Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability, 1 January 2012World Bank Group EHS Guidelines: General and Integrated Steel Mills (2007)
Source: IFC / World Bank Group, EHS Guidelines for Integrated Steel Mills and General EHS Guidelines, 30 April 2007Equator Principles, EP4 (2020)
Source: Equator Principles Association, The Equator Principles EP4, July 2020 (in force 1 October 2020)Cameroonian environmental law: framework law 96/12 of 5 August 1996 and decree 2013/0171/PM
Source: Loi n° 96/12 du 5 août 1996 portant loi-cadre relative à la gestion de l’environnement; décret n° 2013/0171/PM du 14 février 2013; arrêté n° 00001/MINEPDED du 8 février 2016 (FAOLEX)
Start a conversation
Three steps to working together.
Write to us
Contact form, subject “Institutional partnership”: your institution, the subject, your timetable.
First exchange
On the basis of public information: white papers, sources, reference model.
Go deeper
Further information is exchanged under a confidentiality agreement.