Update on Kenya

Table 1: Cement production in Kenya, 2015 – 2019. Source: Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS). Overall cement production in Kenya peaked at 6.7Mt in 2016 and has fallen since. It fell by 2.8% year-on-year to 2.9Mt in the first half of 2019 from 3Mt in the same period in 2018. Consumption fell by a similar amount to production …

ARM targets October start for Sh26bn cement plant

ARM's cement plant in Tanga, Tanzania. The cement maker will construct another Sh26 billion factory in Kitui, Kenya. Photo/FILE. What you need to know: ARM says it could …

Oman's Raysut Cement seeks to buy ARM for Sh10 billion

Raysut Cement Company, Oman's largest cement maker, has made an offer to buy ARM Cement for Sh10 billion as it seeks to enter East African cement business. ... In Kenya, ARM operates a clinker and cement grinding plant in Kaloleni and a cement grinding plant at Athi River. The company imports, manufactures, and sells …

Bamburi Cement kicks off Kenya's largest solar project

The Kenya-based cement manufacturer has signed agreements with independent power producer MOMNAI Energy Limited to build solar photovoltaic plants with capacities of 14.5 megawatts in Mombasa and 5 megawatts in Athi River. The $20 million projects will supply 30% of Bamburi Cement's electricity needs. "This is one of …

Kenya: Kenya's ARM cement rolls out east african …

East Africa's largest cement maker, ARM Cement Ltd, says it is increasing investment in plants across the region as the battle for the cement market in East Africa heats up. ... The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) listed firm plans to build a 2.5 million tonnes per annum integrated clinker and cement plant in Kenya's Kitui County.

Update on Kenya, September 2022

Update on Kenya, September 2022. Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote was spotted attending the inauguration ceremony of Kenyan President William Ruto earlier in September 2022. This is relevant because Dangote's cement company previously announced plans in 2016 to build two 1.5Mt/yr plants in Kenya, near Nairobi and …

The Rise and Fall of ARM Cement | InVhestia

ARM Cement Limited, formerly Athi River Mining Limited, was one of East and Central Africa's largest cement producers boasting operations in Kenya, Tanzania, …

Kenya's National Cement to invest $36 mln after buying ARM assets

National Cement emerged as the winner of a bidding round to buy the company's Kenyan assets, including land and plants, agreeing to pay $50 million, ARM's administrator PWC said on Tuesday.

Dangote picks Chinese firm to build Kenya cement plant

Dangote Plc has signed a deal worth Sh447 billion with Sinoma International Engineering Co. to build cement factories in several African countries including Kenya. Dangote, majority-owned by Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote, has previously announced plans to build a three-million-tonne-a-year cement plant in Kenya in its bid to expand …

Kenya's ARM Cement put under administration

ARM Cement, which was once Kenya's second-largest cement maker behind LafargeHolcim's Bamburi Cement, has seen its market share plunge to just 10 percent after the clinker plant it built in ...

Ndovu Cement

20 June 2017. Kenya: Ndovu Cement is set to start up a new modular grinding station Plug&Grind XL from Cemengal in the summer of 2017. Installation of the portable grinding plant at the site in Nairobi was completed in June 2017. Published in Global Cement News.

ARM Cement takes on Dangote with new Kitui factory

ARM Cement is set to build Kenya's biggest plant in Kitui County, setting it up for a fight with Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote who plans to open a Sh34.8 …

Ethiopia's largest cement factory to operate soon

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Kenya

The Nation newspaper has reported that it will cost US$200m to build. EAPCC plans to use local pozzolana, along with limestone and coral transported from Kenya's Coast Province, in cement production at the plant. The producer says that it will clarify the timeframes of the project in 2024. Published in Global Cement News.

ARM announces new Kenyan plant to counter Dangote's …

Kenya: ARM Cement is set to build Kenya's largest cement plant in Kitui County, setting it up for a fight with Nigeria's Dangote Cement, which also has plans to …

ARM Cement prepares to open S African plant

ARM Cement to build plant through subsidiary with estimated capacity of 3,000 tonnes per day. ... ahead of Nigeria's 108kg, Kenya's 92kg, and Rwanda's 34kg, according to ARM.

Update on Kenya, March 2023

Update on Kenya, March 2023. Written by David Perilli, Global Cement 08 March 2023. Print. National Cement is preparing to open its new integrated West Pokot plant in September 2023. Readers may recall that the long-running project was taken over by Devki Group from Cemtech and Sanghi Industries after the Competition Authority of …

Devki Unveils E.A.'s Largest Rooftop Solar Plant | CK

September 21, 2023. By. Jayson Maina. Devki's 4MW rooftop solar plant in Ruiru. (Photo: DPA Kenya) Devki Group has taken the lead in the ongoing solar energy revolution in Kenya with the installation of East Africa's largest rooftop plant at its Ruiru factory. The 4MWp solar plant, which was mounted by Distributed Power Africa (DPA) Kenya ...

ARM CEMENT LTD | LinkedIn

ARM CEMENT LTD | 3,943 followers on LinkedIn. ARM CEMENT LTD (formerly Athi River Mining Ltd.), established in 1974 under the stewardship of H.J. Paunrana, ARM CEMENT is a publicly held company ...

New plants coming to Kenya

Kenya: The founder of Devki Group, Narendra Raval, plans to invest in the construction of a 0.75Mt/yr cement plant in Mariakani, Kilifi County, in direct competition with ARM Cement's facility in the county. The project, which represents a US$290m investment, will be built on a 20 hectare site. "Construction of a new cement plant will …

New cement plant to be built in Kilifi, Kenya

New cement plant to be built in Kilifi, Kenya. ARM Cement's facility in Kilifi County is likely to face competition as Devki Group founder, Narendra Raval, plans to invest in the construction of a 0.75Mt cement plant in Mariakani, Kilifi County. The project, which represents a US$290m investment, will be built on a 20ha site.

ARM to set up a $400 million cement plant in Kitui County

It is expected that the total cement and clinker produced by ARM plants in Kenya and Tanzania after the Kitui plant is completed will rise to 5 million tonnes per year from 2.5 million currently ...

New Kenyan cement plants from Karsan Ramji & Sons and Dangote

Also in Kenya, Nigeria's Dangote Cement plans to build a US$395m cement plant in Kitui, while India's Sanghi Group plans to construct a US$119m cement plant in West Pokot. Kenya's 2014 cement production grew by 16.4% year-on-year to 5.88Mt, up from 5.05Mt in 2013 as a result of new players entering the industry.

Karsan to build $4.9m cement plant in Nairobi

READ: Dangote cement plant excites market. Cemtech, a subsidiary of Sanghi Group of India is building a $137.2 million cement factory in Kenya. Lake Cement Ltd in which Banco of India acquired 51 per cent equity is investing $12.5 million at Lindi in Tanzania. Lake's Cement is expected to produce 500,000 tonnes of cement per …

Karsan Ramji & Sons plans to build a US$4.91m mini cement plant

Kenya: Karsan Ramji & Sons Ltd, a Kitengela-based quarry operator, has announced that it will begin construction of a 700t/day cement grinding plant by the end of 2014. Karsan Ramji & Sons has revealed plans to build a US$4.91m mini cement plant in Athi River, adding competition pressures in an industry whose prices have remained flat …

List of Largest Cement Companies in Kenya, Their Owners

The government of Kenya owns a 52.3% stake in the company. Its flagship brand is Blue Triangle Cement, which commands a 15.1% market share. 5. Savannah …

ARM Cement

It paid US$74.4m to creditors and US$4.6m to the Tanzanian tax authorities. In its native Kenya, ARM Cement sold its assets to National Cement Company (NCC) for US$42.7m. It has paid secured creditors there US$42.6m of a total US$68.7m due. It also owed unsecured creditors US$98.4m. Published in Global Cement News.

ARM Cement

08 March 2023. National Cement is preparing to open its new integrated West Pokot plant in September 2023. Readers may recall that the long-running project was taken over by …

Savannah Cement invests KSh5 billion into a new plant

The plant is expected to produce 1.2 million tonnes of cement annually. Savannah's current production capacity is 1 million tonnes per year. Savannah Cement has a 15 percent market share, making it the fourth largest cement firm by market share out of the six cement companies in Kenya.