# Prime Cement to launch $40M cement plant in Musanze, Rwanda

Prime Cement, part of Milbridge Holdings, will start operations at its new cement plant in Musanze, Rwanda on August 6, 2020. The plant cost $40 million and has a capacity of 50,000 tonnes per month.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-07-27
- Where: Musanze Industrial Zone, Kimonyi Sector, Musanze District, Rwanda
- Value: $40.0M
- Starts operating: 6 Aug 2020
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 50,000 tonnes per month
- Products: cement
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [Prime Cement](https://endata.com/companies/23339.md)
- [Milbridge Group](https://endata.com/companies/33996.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [downtownafrica.com](https://downtownafrica.com/rwanda-rwf37bn-musanze-based-cement-factory-to-be-launched-next-week/), 2020-07-27: "We expect the plant to significantly reduce the current scarcity of cement that different players in the local construction sector have been experiencing."
- [newtimes.co.rw](https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/179625/News/prime-cement-seeks-to-bridge-supply-gap-with-40-million-plant), 2020-09-01: "The factory of prime cement Ltd has started to commissioned it's cements at Musanze district on September 1, and it's expected to help bridge the cements supply gap in Rwanda."

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