National Cement

East African Holdings is working with foreign investors to open a new cement factory in Ethiopia with capacity of 5,000-8,000 tpd, to be implemented in Q3 of Ethiopia's New Year starting 11 September 2020.

National Cement (East African Holdings) plans to increase capacity at its Dire Dawa, Ethiopia plant from 3,000 tpd to 4,000 tpd within six months.

National Cement, a subsidiary of France's Vicat, has broken ground on a $250 million upgrade to its Ragland plant in Alabama, including a second kiln. The project is expected to be completed in 2022.

National Cement Co's overall production capacity will rise from 2Mta to 3.5Mta by July 2020 following ongoing expansion projects, including a 0.75Mta brownfield expansion to the Salgaa unit.

National Cement Co (Devki Group) has launched a new 0.75Mta facility in Salgaa, Nakuru County, Kenya, representing an investment of around KES5.8bn (US$57.5m). The plant will manufacture Simba Cement and generate 700 jobs.

National Cement is erecting a second 1.8Mta clinker line at the Merrueshi/Mbirikani clinker plant in Kajiado County, Kenya. Construction starts in 2019 with start-up due in mid-2020.

National Cement Co Ltd (Devki Group) awarded Sinoma Energy Conservation a contract to build a waste-heat power project at its Athi River cement plant and a power unit for its steel processing factory in Mombasa, with a total investment of KES25.5bn (US$251m) and capacity of 53.5MW.

National Cement's subsidiary Simba Cement opened a 1Mta grinding plant in Tororo, Uganda, in August 2018, directly employing 300 staff. A second grinding plant is also planned.

National Cement, a subsidiary of Devki Group, raised $97 million from the International Finance Corporation and will invest an additional $100 million from its chairman to construct two grinding plants in Uganda and Kenya and one clinker line. The total expansion cost is close to $200 million.