Cheetah Cement faces closure amid losses and market constraints
Namibia-based Cheetah Cement is at risk of ceasing operations and retrenching around 87 employees by mid-April 2026, following sustained financial losses and ongoing market chal...
Cheetah Cement
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Whale Rock plans to acquire Schwenk Namibia
Whale Rock Cement (Pty) Ltd , the parent company of Cheetah Cement, has filed a notice to acquire Schwenk Namibia, which holds a majority stake in Ohorongo Cemen t. If successfu...
Cheetah Cement Botswana to reduce country's cement imports
Cheetah Cement Botswana (Pty) Ltd, which includes investment from Chinese backers, has promised to play a crucial role in helping Botswana cut its cement imports to zero. Botswa...
Cheetah Cement ordered closure
Namibia’s labour ministry has ordered Chinese-owned Cheetah Cement plant at Otjiwarongo to stop production due to health concerns. The ministry says a team of occupational safet...
Schwenk Zement to exit Namibia
This week, ICR learned that the Namibian cement market was in the process of change with Schwenk Zement's 0.7Mta Ohorongo plant now expected to come under control of Internation...
Value chain is being bypassed in Namibia's cement sector
Namibia's cement industry is suffering from oversupply and low protection for the existing domestic producers. Infant Industry Protection (IIP) is afforded to an infant industry...
Namibia imports 40,000t of Chinese clinker
Some 40,000t of clinker from China was unloaded at Namport, Namibia’s largest port. The clinker will be transported to the new cement plant of Whale Rock/Cheetah Cement, a Chine...
Cheetah Cement to commence operations in Namibia
Cheetah Cement's new facility in Otjiwarongo is starting the rock blasting process as it prepares to begin operations this month. The new plant represents a total investment of ...