# Sinoma to build $500M cement plant in Mbale, Uganda

China National Materials Group (Sinoma) agreed to build a $500 million cement factory in Mbale District, Uganda, pending government assurance on limestone supply.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-07-26
- Where: Mbale District, Uganda, Uganda
- Value: $500.0M
- Status: announced
- Products: cement
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [Sinoma](https://endata.com/companies/19417.md)

## Sources

- [monitor.co.ug](https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/business/finance/chinese-to-build-shs1-8-trillion-cement-plant-in-mbale-district-1712526), 2017-07-26: "We have no problem investing in Uganda but we need government support. We need land and limestone to feed the factory because a good meal is impossible without the basic materials."
- [cemnet.com](https://www.cemnet.com/News/story/162195/ugandan-government-supports-new-cement-plant.html), 2017-08-01: "We will provide land, licence for limestone and other incentives."

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