Hima Cement emerges as leading contender to acquire Khayah Cement
Hima Cement , the East African producer owned by Uganda’s Sarrai Group, has emerged as the leading bidder to acquire Zimbabwe’s Khayah Cement, according to corporate rescue prac...
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Hima Cement suspends operation after fire kills three
Operations at the Hima Cement factory (Holcim group) in Kasese district in western Uganda have been suspended following a fire that broke out at the premises on Saturday afterno...
Hima Cement's Kasese mining right appeal is dismissed
Uganda-based Hima Cement (LafargeHolcim group) has seen its Kasese mining rights stripped from it after the High Court upheld a decision from 2013 to confer them to East African...
Bamburi sees 37% drop in net profit in 2019
Kenya-based Bamburi Cement has posted a 37 per cent YoY fall in net profit in 2019. Net profit declined to KES359m (US$3.39m) from KES572m in 2018. The company attributed the de...
Rwanda Bureau of Standards rejects Hima Cement imports
Rwanda Bureau of Standards (RBS) returned cement imports into Rwanda by Uganda's Hima Cement Ltd (LafargeHolcim group) last month after they failed to meet the country's import ...
Hima Cement to return illegally-acquired land in Tororo
Hima Cement Ltd has agreed to surrender back over 30 acres of land it illegally acquired in Mwello, Tororo, Uganda, according to The Observer. The company’s Managing Director, N...
Investment in Ugandan cement plant at risk due to land acquisition challenges
Uganda is at risk of losing a US$250m cement plant investment to Kenya due to challenges associated with land acquisition in the country, according to Hima Cement’s Managing Dir...
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The sale of the 80.6 per cent stake in Holcim Indonesia to Semen Indonesia, formerly known as Semen Gresik, has been completed, taking Semen Indonesia’s share from 35.7 per cent...
Hima Cement looks at expansion in Rwanda
Hima Cement (LafargeHolcim) of Uganda is considering expanding its presence in Rwanda with a sister plant, says Jumoke Adegunle, the company's general manager. The company curre...
Dispute over land allocation for Moroto cement plant
The Moroto District local government in Uganda has offered more than 228.1ha of land for a cement factory to be built. However, local residents dispute the amount of land that t...