Savanna Diamond Cement Co has launched operations of a 0.44 million tonne/year integrated cement plant in Buipe, in northern Ghana. The $90 million project, inaugurated by President John Mahama, uses limestone from Buipe. The plant holds a partnership with state power company GRIDCo with a 25 MW substation from which 7 MW is used by the cement plant and the remaining 18 MW is used by the local community. Diamond Cement also owns two other cement plants in the country.