Tororo Cement Limited (TCL), a

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company, is one of the largest manufacturers of construction materials in East Africa.

Location

The main factories of TCL are in the town of Tororo, approximately , by road, east of

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, the capital and largest city of Uganda. This is approximately , by road, west of the border town of Malaba and the international border between Uganda and

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. The coordinates of the main factory are 0°39'36.0"N, 34°09'18.0"E (Latitude:0.6600; Longitude:34.1550).

Overview

TCL is the largest manufacturer of

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 ...

in Uganda, producing an estimated 3.0 million metric tonnes annually. In second place is

Hima Cement Limited Hima Cement Limited (HCL) is a cement manufacturer in Uganda. It is a subsidiary of the Holcim Group, a building materials manufacturer headquartered in Switzerland, with subsidiaries in over 80 countries. Location The main factories of HCL ar ...

, which produces an estimated 1.7 million metric tonnes annually. In July 2015, TCL successfully completed and commissioned a UGX:86 billion expansion to increase annual production to 3.0 million metric tonnes. Production on the newly completed production line is expected to begin in March 2018.

History

TCL was established in 1952 by the British colonial government to manufacture cement from the abundantly available limestone in the area around the town of Tororo in the Eastern Region. The company, then known as Uganda Cement Industries (UCI), was administered as a parastatal company under the umbrella of the

Uganda Development Corporation The Uganda Development Corporation (UDC) is an agency of the government of Uganda. It promotes and facilitates the industrial and economic development of Uganda. Formed in 1952, it had some success in promoting local industrial development and was ...

. In 1995, the government of Uganda divested from UCI, which was then acquired by the present owners and re-branded as Tororo Cement Limited.

Subsidiary company

Mombasa Cement Limited in

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is a subsidiary of Tororo Cement Limited.

Ownership

The shares of stock of TCL are privately held. The detailed shareholding in the company is not publicly disclosed.

References

External links

Website of Tororo Cement Limited

Company Profile At Linkedin
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