{
  "dataset_name": "African Cement Plant Operations",
  "description": "Comprehensive dataset of cement plant operations across 12 African countries with baseline, energy crisis, and green transition scenarios",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "generated_at": "2026-04-03T01:49:39.236344",
  "total_records": 21384,
  "countries": [
    "South Africa",
    "Nigeria",
    "Egypt",
    "Morocco",
    "Kenya",
    "Ethiopia",
    "Tanzania",
    "Senegal",
    "Algeria",
    "Cameroon",
    "Zimbabwe",
    "Ghana"
  ],
  "scenarios": [
    "baseline",
    "energy_crisis",
    "green_transition"
  ],
  "time_range": "2020-01 to 2025-12",
  "num_plants": 99,
  "features": [
    "plant_id",
    "country",
    "region",
    "scenario",
    "timestamp",
    "year",
    "month",
    "plant_age_years",
    "installed_capacity_mt",
    "grinding_capacity_mt",
    "capacity_utilization",
    "clinker_production_tons",
    "cement_production_tons",
    "electrical_energy_kwh_per_ton",
    "thermal_energy_gj_per_ton",
    "fuel_coal_share",
    "fuel_gas_share",
    "fuel_petcoke_share",
    "fuel_alternative_share",
    "co2_kg_per_ton_cement",
    "total_co2_tons_monthly",
    "maintenance_downtime_hours",
    "quality_compliance_rate",
    "cement_type_opc_share",
    "cement_type_ppc_share",
    "cement_type_psc_share",
    "cost_usd_per_ton",
    "export_volumes_tons",
    "domestic_sales_tons",
    "total_revenue_usd"
  ],
  "references": [
    "USGS Mineral Industry of Africa (2019-2024)",
    "Dangote Cement Annual Reports 2024-2025",
    "GCCA Cement Industry Net Zero Progress Report 2024/25",
    "IEA Cement Energy System Analysis",
    "African Development Bank Infrastructure Reports",
    "Global Cement Magazine Top 100 2026",
    "Natural Resources Canada: Cement Clinker Energy Benchmark Guide",
    "MDPI: Alternative Fuels Substitution in Cement Industries (2023)",
    "Discover Applied Sciences: Ethiopian GHG Cement Emission Factors (2025)",
    "World Cement: Sub-Saharan Africa Industry Reports (2025)"
  ],
  "scenario_configs": {
    "baseline": "Normal operations reflecting current African cement industry conditions (2024-2025)",
    "energy_crisis": "Energy supply disruptions, fuel price spikes, grid instability (modelled on South Africa load-shedding, Nigeria gas shortages)",
    "green_transition": "Accelerated adoption of alternative fuels, energy efficiency upgrades, carbon reduction initiatives aligned with GCCA 2050 net-zero roadmap"
  },
  "country_configs": {
    "South Africa": {
      "region": "Southern Africa",
      "installed_capacity_mt": 16.5,
      "num_plants": 8,
      "avg_plant_age_years": 32,
      "capacity_utilization_mean": 0.72,
      "co2_kg_per_ton_cement_mean": 620,
      "cost_usd_per_ton_mean": 78
    },
    "Nigeria": {
      "region": "West Africa",
      "installed_capacity_mt": 52.0,
      "num_plants": 14,
      "avg_plant_age_years": 18,
      "capacity_utilization_mean": 0.48,
      "co2_kg_per_ton_cement_mean": 650,
      "cost_usd_per_ton_mean": 95
    },
    "Egypt": {
      "region": "North Africa",
      "installed_capacity_mt": 90.0,
      "num_plants": 22,
      "avg_plant_age_years": 25,
      "capacity_utilization_mean": 0.58,
      "co2_kg_per_ton_cement_mean": 610,
      "cost_usd_per_ton_mean": 52
    },
    "Morocco": {
      "region": "North Africa",
      "installed_capacity_mt": 22.0,
      "num_plants": 7,
      "avg_plant_age_years": 28,
      "capacity_utilization_mean": 0.75,
      "co2_kg_per_ton_cement_mean": 595,
      "cost_usd_per_ton_mean": 65
    },
    "Kenya": {
      "region": "East Africa",
      "installed_capacity_mt": 12.0,
      "num_plants": 6,
      "avg_plant_age_years": 22,
      "capacity_utilization_mean": 0.55,
      "co2_kg_per_ton_cement_mean": 630,
      "cost_usd_per_ton_mean": 85
    },
    "Ethiopia": {
      "region": "East Africa",
      "installed_capacity_mt": 18.0,
      "num_plants": 9,
      "avg_plant_age_years": 12,
      "capacity_utilization_mean": 0.42,
      "co2_kg_per_ton_cement_mean": 660,
      "cost_usd_per_ton_mean": 72
    },
    "Tanzania": {
      "region": "East Africa",
      "installed_capacity_mt": 8.5,
      "num_plants": 5,
      "avg_plant_age_years": 15,
      "capacity_utilization_mean": 0.52,
      "co2_kg_per_ton_cement_mean": 640,
      "cost_usd_per_ton_mean": 80
    },
    "Senegal": {
      "region": "West Africa",
      "installed_capacity_mt": 6.0,
      "num_plants": 4,
      "avg_plant_age_years": 14,
      "capacity_utilization_mean": 0.6,
      "co2_kg_per_ton_cement_mean": 625,
      "cost_usd_per_ton_mean": 88
    },
    "Algeria": {
      "region": "North Africa",
      "installed_capacity_mt": 28.0,
      "num_plants": 12,
      "avg_plant_age_years": 30,
      "capacity_utilization_mean": 0.62,
      "co2_kg_per_ton_cement_mean": 600,
      "cost_usd_per_ton_mean": 48
    },
    "Cameroon": {
      "region": "Central Africa",
      "installed_capacity_mt": 5.5,
      "num_plants": 4,
      "avg_plant_age_years": 20,
      "capacity_utilization_mean": 0.5,
      "co2_kg_per_ton_cement_mean": 645,
      "cost_usd_per_ton_mean": 92
    },
    "Zimbabwe": {
      "region": "Southern Africa",
      "installed_capacity_mt": 3.0,
      "num_plants": 3,
      "avg_plant_age_years": 38,
      "capacity_utilization_mean": 0.35,
      "co2_kg_per_ton_cement_mean": 670,
      "cost_usd_per_ton_mean": 105
    },
    "Ghana": {
      "region": "West Africa",
      "installed_capacity_mt": 8.0,
      "num_plants": 5,
      "avg_plant_age_years": 16,
      "capacity_utilization_mean": 0.55,
      "co2_kg_per_ton_cement_mean": 635,
      "cost_usd_per_ton_mean": 82
    }
  }
}