# Sunbird Resources to build $300M clinker plant in Moroto, Uganda

Sunbird Resources received a 21-year mining license for limestone in Rupa, Moroto, and is building a 6,000 tonnes/day clinker production line and a 1 million tonnes/year cement factory in Nadunget, Moroto. Total project cost $300 million, with production starting July 2025.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2024-02-27
- Where: Nadunget, Moroto, Uganda
- Value: $300.0M
- Starts operating: Jul 2025
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 6,000 tonnes per day clinker; 1 million tonnes per year cement
- Products: clinker, cement
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [Sunbird Resources](https://endata.com/companies/75889.md)
- [West International Holding Limited](https://endata.com/companies/52500.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [deepearthint.com](https://deepearthint.com/sunbirds-local-clinker-production-could-see-ugandas-cement-costs-drop/), 2024-02-27: "Sunbird will be the first company to produce clinker in Uganda, which will help cement producers lower their import bill."

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