Tanzania Portland Cement launches new expansion for project 2013-2014.

THE Government has said that it has been delighted by the Tanzania Portland Cement Company (TPCC) move to invest billions of shillings in the cement production industry in Tanzania.

Speaking in Dar es Salaam during a brief ceremony to unveil the company’s future expansion of Cement Kiln Number Five, the Minister for Industry and Trade, Dk. Abdallah Kigoda said the new kiln would help to meet cement demand in the country.

Minister for Industry and Trade, Dr Abdallah Kigoda (C ) signs on a
billboard to official launch the Tanzania Portland Cement expansion
project 2013-2014 for company’s cement mill number 5 at a press event
in Dar es Salaam yesterday. Looking on left is TPCC Managing Director,
Pascal Lesoinne and TPCC Board Chairman, Jean Marc Junon.

“I am happy to learn the TPCC’s impact on cement sector in less than month since I launched Kiln Number Three at Wazo Hill. It is obvious that its completion, TPCC will increase job opportunities to Tanzanians,” said Dr. Kigoda.

The kiln plant at Wazo Hill site in the city will cost the company at least TSh 50bn and will be ready 18 months to come.

Dk. Kigoda said right now, Tanzania is winning confidence from the donors and that sooner the country will shift from agricultural dependency economy to industrialized country.

Previously, TPCC Chairman of Board of Directors, Mr. Jean-Marc Junon said after its completion, the kiln will increase cement production by 700,000 tons per year.

He said by then, the company will be able to produce 2,000,000 tons of cement per year and become the number one cement maker in the country, and the biggest cement production site in East Africa.

“This project will be completed by September 2014 and will help us to continue satisfying the domestic demand for the high quality product as well as looking for export opportunities,” said Mr. Junon.

The TPCC Director General, Mr. Pascal Lesoinne said right now, cement prices have been seen to stabilize due to different factors in the cement production industry, giving Tanzanians an opportunity to achieve their development goals.

“For about 10 years cement prices have remained stable, and due to the availability of gas, there is a possibility of lowering down these prices as the Government asked us,” he said.

 TPCC is trading under Twiga Cement and is the leading cement producer in Tanzania.

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