List of cement manufacturers in Uganda

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This is the list of companies that manufacture cement in Uganda . [1] [2]

Contents

  1. Tororo Cement Limited [3]
  2. Hima Cement Limited [4] [5]
  3. Kampala Cement Company Limited [1]
  4. Simba Cement Uganda Limited [2] [6]
  5. Sinoma Cement Factory Uganda Limited (Under development) [7]

Production

As of March 2018, Uganda cement manufacturers had installed capacity of 6,800,000 tonnes of cement annually, [8] with Tororo Cement Limited being responsible for 3.0 million tonnes (44 percent) and Hima Cement Limited producing 1.9 million tonnes (28 percent). [2] Simba Cement Uganda Limited* produces 1 million tonnes annually (15 percent). [2] [6] The remaining companies are responsible for the remaining 900,000 tonnes (13 percent).

In January 2018, Uganda's consumption was estimated at 2.4 million tonnes annually; [8] 35.3 percent of total annual production, although that percentage is on the rise, given the multitude of major, ongoing infrastructure projects in the county. [2] [9] The remaining output that is not consumed locally is marketed to regional neighboring countries, including Rwanda, Kenya, South Sudan and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. [9]

Marketsharing

The table below illustrates the rankings of Uganda's cement manufacturers, based on annual production figures, for the calendar year 2018. [8]

Marketshare Rankings of Uganda's Cement Companies
RankName of OwnerAnnual TonnageMarketshare
1 Tororo Cement Limited 3.0 million [9] 44.0
2 Hima Cement Limited 2.0 million [10] 28.0
3 Simba Cement Uganda Limited 1.0 million [9] 14.0
4 Kampala Cement Company Limited [1] 1.0 million [10] 14.0
Total7.0 million [10] 100.00

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  7. ↑ Mugerwa, Yasiin (27 July 2017). "Chinese to build Shs1.8 trillion cement plant in Mbale District". Daily Monitor . Kampala. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
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