Ohorongo Cement is a

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 mi ...

factory on farm Sargberg near Otavi in the

Otjozondjupa Region Otjozondjupa is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia. Its capital is Otjiwarongo. The region further contains the municipalities of Okahandja and Grootfontein and the towns Okakarara and Otavi. , Otjozondjupa had 97,945 registered voters. Ge ...

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. It is one of two Namibian cement factories and has a production capacity of per annum. The ground breaking ceremony for the construction of the plant was held in January 2009. A roof wetting celebration took place in February 2010, when the preheater tower reached its final height of 109 meters. Production started in December 2010. Initially wholly owned by the Schwenk Zement KG, Ohorongo states that ownership is to be transferred to Namibian institutions over time. In 2019 Schwenk still owned 69.83%, with the Development Bank of Namibia the largest minority shareholder. After the 2018 production start of

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, a second, larger, cement factory nearby, Schwenk offered its shareholding for sale. A 2019 acquisition offer by investment company West China Cement, however, was turned down by the Namibian Competition Commission because West China already owns Cheetah Cement.{{Cite news , title=Competition Commission turns down Chinese offer to buy Ohorongo , newspaper=Informanté , date=4 August 2020 , url=https://informante.web.na/?p=294576

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Cement companies of Namibia Buildings and structures in Otjozondjupa Region Manufacturing companies established in 2007 2007 establishments in Namibia