Nyati Cement is one of the youngest cement manufactures in Tanzania and began operations in July 2014. The factory is located in Kimbiji Village,

Temeke District Temeke District (officially known as Temeke Municipal Council ) is one of five district in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, with Kinondoni to the far north of the city, and Ilala in the downtown of Dar es Salaam. To the east is the Indian Ocean and to th ...

Dar-es-salaam Dar es Salaam (; from ar, دَار السَّلَام, Dâr es-Selâm, lit=Abode of Peace) or commonly known as Dar, is the largest city and financial hub of Tanzania. It is also the capital of Dar es Salaam Region. With a population of over ...

. The brand Nyati cement operates under the banner of Lake Cement Tanzania ltd. The factory is currently spread across 100 hectares of land in Kimbiji village and has an annual capacity of 500,000 MT.

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The current capacity of the plant is 500,000 MT of cement per annum. However the company has shown interest to expand this capacity to 750,000 MT after just one year of operation. Lake cement was also the first cement manufacturer in

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 ...

to have its own power plant and vertical roller mill. The company currently operates a 10MW coal fired power-plant. The coal is currently locally sourced from

Songea Songea is the capital of Ruvuma Region in southwestern Tanzania. It is located along the A19 road. The city has a population of approximately 203,309, and it is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Songea. Between 1905 and 1907, the cit ...

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Limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...

for the production of cement is obtained by surface mining from the company's mine adjacent to the factory. The factory also has closed clinker storage for up to 30,000 MT.

Products

Lake Cement produces Nyati Cement brand

Portland cement Portland cement is the most common type of cement in general use around the world as a basic ingredient of concrete, mortar, stucco, and non-specialty grout. It was developed from other types of hydraulic lime in England in the early 19th c ...

grades of: #Type II-B/32.5 N #Type II/42.5 R #Type I /52.5 N

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