Bamburi Cement Limited is an industrial company in

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specialising in

cement A cement is a binder, a chemical substance used for construction that sets, hardens, and adheres to other materials to bind them together. Cement is seldom used on its own, but rather to bind sand and gravel ( aggregate) together. Cement mix ...

and

concrete Concrete is a composite material composed of fine and coarse aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement (cement paste) that hardens (cures) over time. Concrete is the second-most-used substance in the world after water, and is the most wi ...

. The company has operations in

Bamburi Bamburi (), from the local bantu words "Ba" (People) and "Mburi" (Goat), is a commercial, industrial and local electoral, administrative and a tourist and residential area on the Kenyan north-coast which extends from the coastline on the Indian ...

suburb of

Mombasa Mombasa ( ; ) is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean. It was the first capital of the British East Africa, before Nairobi was elevated to capital city status. It now serves as the capital of Mombasa County. The town is ...

, it is headquartered in

Nairobi Nairobi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper ha ...

and its stock is listed on the

Nairobi Securities Exchange The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) was established in 1954 as the Nairobi Stock Exchange, based in Nairobi the capital of Kenya. It was a voluntary association of stockbrokers in the European community registered under the Societies Act in ...

Overview

Bamburi Cement is the largest manufacturer of cement in

Eastern Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territories make up Eastern Africa: Due to the historical ...

, with its cement plant in Mombasa being the second largest cement plant in

sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa is, geographically, the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara. These include West Africa, East Africa, Central Africa, and Southern Africa. Geopolitically, in addition to the List of sov ...

. This has given it the title of largest manufacturing export earner in Kenya. As of December 2015, the company's total assets were valued at US$420 million, with shareholders' equity of about US$297 million.

History

Bamburi Cement was founded in 1951 by

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as a partnership between Cementia Holding and

Blue Circle Blue Circle Industries was a British public company manufacturing cement. It was founded in 1900 as the Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers Ltd through the fusion of 24 cement works, mostly around on the Thames and Medway estuaries, toget ...

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. production from its Mombasa plant in 1954. In 1998, Bamburi opened a clinker grinding plant in

Subsidiaries and investments

The companies that comprise Bamburi Cement include, but are not limited, to the following: * Bamburi Cement – Nairobi, Kenya – The flagship company of the group. This unit engages in the production of cement. * Bamburi Special Products – Nairobi, Kenya – 100% Shareholding – This subsidiary is dedicated to manufacturing of concrete paving blocks and ready mix concrete. * Lafarge Eco systems – Nairobi, Kenya – 100% Shareholding – The environmental and rehabilitation arm of the group. * HimCem Holdings –

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– 100% Shareholding – An investment holding company. * East African Portland Cement Company – Athi River, Kenya – 12.5% Shareholding – A Kenya-based cement manufacturer listed on the NSE.

Shareholding

The shares of Bamburi Cement are traded on the main market segment of the

, under the ticker symbol: BAMB. The shareholding in the company's stock as at 31 December 2016 was as depicted in the table below: Fincem Holding Limited and Kencem Holding Limited are subsidiaries of

LafargeHolcim Holcim is a Swiss-based global building materials and aggregates flagship division of the Holcim Group. The original company was merged on 10 July 2015 with Lafarge to form LafargeHolcim as the new company and renamed to Holcim Group in 202 ...

. This gives LafargeHolcim 58.6% control of Bamburi Cement.

Environmental concerns

During its early years, cement production grew from 1.2 million tons to 25 million tons. This made the Bamburi quarries inhospitable arid wasteland with brackish water. In 1959, the company engaged

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to beautify the area. In the 1971 Haller embarked on the reforestation project leading to the formation of

Haller Park Haller Park is a nature park in Bamburi, Mombasa, on the Kenyan coast. It is the transformation of a quarry wasteland into an ecological area. Haller Park holds a variety of plant and animal species which serve as a recreation spot for tourist ...

. The park is tourist attraction with a wide range of flora and fauna. The company has since aimed to convert barren landscape of disused limestone quarries into vibrant and diverse ecosystem of forest, grasslands and ponds.

Sponsorship

Bamburi Rugby Super Series

The Bamburi Rugby Super Series is an East African

Rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

competition with eight teams in total, five teams from

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, two from

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and one from

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...

. It is closely based on the

Super Rugby Super Rugby is a men's professional rugby union club competition involving teams from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. It previously included teams from Argentina, Japan, and South Africa. Building on various Southern Hem ...

competition in the southern hemisphere. Games take place at the RFUEA Ground in

, Friedkin Recreation Centre in

Arusha Arusha City is a Tanzanian city and the regional capital of the Arusha Region, with a population of 416,442 plus 323,198 in the surrounding Arusha District Council (2012 census). Located below Mount Meru on the eastern edge of the eastern bran ...

and the Kyadondo Grounds,

Kampala Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and Ruba ...

.http://www.kbc.co.ke/story.asp?ID=64123

References

External links

Bamburi Cement at MBendi

Profile of Bamburi Cement at myStocks KE
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