{"id":54933,"date":"2025-07-18T11:55:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T11:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/190-million-clinker-plant-in-musanze-to-cut-rwanda-s-cement-imports\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T14:10:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T14:10:22","slug":"190-million-clinker-plant-in-musanze-to-cut-rwanda-s-cement-imports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/190-million-clinker-plant-in-musanze-to-cut-rwanda-s-cement-imports\/","title":{"rendered":"$190 million clinker plant in Musanze to cut Rwanda\u2019s cement imports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The agreement, signed on July 17, was represented by the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) and the Rwanda Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board (RMB). <\/p>\n<p>The new plant is expected to reduce Rwanda\u2019s dependence on cement imports, create jobs, and support the country\u2019s infrastructure development with sustainable quarrying practices.<\/p>\n<p>Clinker, a vital component in cement production, will be produced locally for the first time at scale. Cement imports into Rwanda reached $94 million in 2024, marking a 41.5% increase from $67 million the previous year, according to the Ministry of Trade and Industry.<\/p>\n<p>RDB said the investment would \u201cgenerate employment and support Rwanda\u2019s infrastructure development through sustainable quarrying practices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This development follows the government\u2019s recent approval of mineral, quarry, and exploration licences as part of efforts to boost the mining sector.<\/p>\n<p>The clinker plant is expected to play a crucial role in meeting growing local demand for cement, cutting foreign exchange outflows, and driving economic growth in the country.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-91134 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/gweb9fvwaaadmlf.jpg\" alt=\"The agreement, signed on July 17, was represented by the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) and the Rwanda Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board (RMB).\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-91132 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/gweb37cxaaaej6t.jpg\" alt=\"The new plant is expected to reduce Rwanda\u2019s dependence on cement imports, create jobs, and support the country\u2019s infrastructure development with sustainable quarrying practices.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government of Rwanda has signed a 15-year industrial quarry licence agreement with CIMERWA Plc, clearing the way for a $190 million (approximately Frw 272.08 billion) clinker manufacturing plant in Musanze District.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000091135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[192],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-54933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-wycliffe-nyamasege"],"bylines":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":131}],"contributors":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":131}],"featured_image":{"id":2000091135,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gweb9fvwaaadmlflogo.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gweb9fvwaaadmlflogo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gweb9fvwaaadmlflogo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gweb9fvwaaadmlflogo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gweb9fvwaaadmlflogo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gweb9fvwaaadmlflogo.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000091135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54933"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=54933"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=54933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}