The Cameroon Aluminum Company (Alucam), a leading producer and processor of aluminum in Central Africa, and Proalu SA, which is building an aluminum processing plant worth CFA88 billion in Douala, have joined the Cameroon Organization of Steel Processing Industries (OCITA). The information was disclosed in a letter sent to several government officials on October 24, 2025.
The organization also announced a change of name. “We hereby inform you that Alucam SA and Proalu SA have agreed to join OCITA, with a change of name that will henceforth be: Cameroon Organization of Metal Processing Industries (Ocitram),” the document said. The expanded scope is intended to bring together major steel and metals players within a single structure, beyond the steel industry alone.
With these new members, Ocitram says it now brings together five major steel and metals industries: Aciéries du Cameroun, Prometal, Alucam, Metafrique Steel, and Proalu. According to Ocitram coordinator Patrice Yantho, these companies “represent 95% of the Cameroonian market, with about CFA500 billion in annual revenue and more than 4,000 jobs.” He also highlighted the sector’s spillover effects, noting that these “industrializing industries” help drive other industrial activities and are a key engine of construction in Cameroon.
Competitiveness and made in Cameroon
Positioned as an interface with public authorities to improve the competitiveness of heavy industry, Ocitram has outlined several objectives. These include promoting best practices in steel, aluminum, and other metal processing; promoting made in Cameroon products in heavy industry; strengthening the structuring and protection of the steel and metals sector; and improving overall sector performance through the establishment of a national steel and metals policy.
The organization says these actions, carried out with support from public authorities, are meant to equip Cameroon’s heavy industry with additional tools to improve competitiveness. The stated goal is to position the sector to compete within the African Continental Free Trade Area (Zlecaf), a unified African market officially estimated at 1.3 billion consumers.
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