Savannah Cement Limited has contracted China-based Sinoma International Engineering to construct its Kitui cement plant at $300 million.
The company will build an 8,000 tonnes per day clinker plant together with a 2,400 cement grinding plant, 35MW captive power plant, 13MW waste-heat recovery system, and associated ammenities.
The project, to be located in Mwingi North, is scheduled to begin immediately and will take approximately two years to complete.
Further, the project will employ 5,000 workers during construction, and another 10,000 upon completion.
“Within five years of initial clinker extraction, we will replace fossil fuel-based power requirements with a combination of solar power and thermal recirculation,” said Benson Ndeta, the Chairman of Savannah Clinker Limited.
Sinoma International is one of the largest Cement Factory Contractors in the world, and, just this month, has also bagged a contract for the expansion of Dangote Cement in Nigeria for $500 million and MIDROC Cement in Ethiopia for $282 million.
