Uganda: National Cement plans US$198m plant

摘要

National Cement plans to invest US$198m in a new plant in Uganda, its first plant outside of Kenya. Construction of the IMt/yr capacity plant in Mbale started in May 2015 and is expected to be completed by the end of 2016. The project is the first in National Cement's regional expansion plan. The company also intends to enter South Sudan in the next three years. The Mbale plant will be built in three years according to Narendra Raval, chairman of Devki Group, the parent company of National Cement.