Rwanda’s Cimerwa targets mid-2018 for full output at cement plant

Rwanda’s sole cement producer Cimerwa, which is 51%-owned by JSE-listed PPC, expects production at its new 600 000 t/y modern dry process plant, at its head office in Bugarama, to ramp up to full capacity by mid-2018. Speaking to Engineering News Online during a plant tour, PPC international relations MD Njombo Lekula said the $170-million plant was currently running at 60% capacity.