CEMENT MANUFACTURING IN RWANDA
About CIMERWA
CIMERWA was commissioned in 1984 by
governments of Rwanda and China
⚫ In 2001, the plant's capacity was
increased from 50 000 to 100 000
• The business was privatised in 2006 and
PPC purchased it's 51% stake in 2013
• Construction on the new $170 million,
600 000 ton per annum plant commenced
early in 2013
By June 2015, civil construction,
mechanical erection and electrical
installations were complete
• Cold commissioning commenced in March
2015
• Hot commissioning of the limestone
crusher was completed in April 2015
• Hot commissioning of the raw mill was
completed in May 2015
• Kiln light-up was completed in mid-June
2015 with the first clinker produced at the
end of June 2015
• The provisional acceptance certificate is
expected by the end of August 2015
CIMERWA
PPC
RS EAS 18-1: 2004
COMPOSITE
CEM 11/B-M 32.5N
PORTLAND
CEMENT
LAKES
32.5
GENERAL PURPOSE CEMENT
OVER 30 YEARS
CIMERWA
CIMENTERIE DE MARITZA
PO BOX
RWANDA
NET WEIGHT 50 kg
PPC
15 EAS 18-12004
POZZOLANA
CIVETIME LI
PORTLAND P
R
NA CEMENT
OTH
42.5
OVER 30 YEARS
CIMERWA
СМИНТЕЛЕЕ МАЗИУСТА
POMOCYANO
RWANDA
ETWEIGHT S
PPC
CIMERWA has successfully moved from running a 100 000 tpa, wet
feed kiln system to a state-of-the-art, five stage preheater calciner
that can produce 600 000 tpa of cement – Now, a regional player
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