Uganda: Hima Cement to build grinding plant in Tororo
Hima Cement is to construct a new 0.9Mt grinding plant in Tororo in eastern Uganda, according to the country’s Observer newspaper. The plant, which is to cost US$40m, will be bu...
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Uganda: Hima Cement US$40m expansion
Hima Cement has said that the ongoing capacity expansion project at its new plant under construction in the Eastern district of Tororo will see an additional 1.9Mta of cement en...
Uganda: Hima Cement signs supply deal with Guangzhou Dongsong
Uganda's Hima Cement and Guangzhou Dongsong Energy Group have signed a memorandum of understanding for the supply of over 40,000t of cement for the construction of the latter fi...
Uganda: residents decry lack of consultation over mining licence award
Residents of Moroto district have accused Uganda’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development of acting illegally in awarding a mining licence to Tororo Cement without first con...
Uganda's cement output slows
Uganda’s cement industry has seen a sudden reverse in prospects as the country’s Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) warned of lower cement production during the months of March and Apr...
Uganda: drop in cement production
As cement production has decreased and cement prices increased, the construction sector has slowed down. According to the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) there was a low prod...
Uganda: Karuma dam has to bring in Kenyan cement
Contractors for the Karuma dam in Uganda have resorted to importing Kenyan cement to help keep work going at the site. In a media brief to journalists over the weekend at the co...
Competition ramps up in Uganda
Hima Cement (LafargeHolcim Group) has announced that it is seeking to invest US$40m to establish a greenfield grinding station in Tororo, eastern Uganda.
Bamburi first-half pretax profit jumps 94%
Bamburi Cement reported a 94 per cent jump in first-half pretax profit from a year earlier to KES4.5bn (US$43m). According to Reuters, the company attributed the strong performa...
Tororo cement invests US25m in expansion
Uganda’s largest cement manufacturer has earmarked UGX86bn (US$25m) towards the plant expansion. Tororo Cement Ltd will upgrade its cement plant at Tororo, northeast of Kampala,...