Ohorongo Cement
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Ohorongo Cement operates the only cement factory in Namibia
. The Ohorongo Cement Plant is located on Farm Sargberg near Otavi
in the Otjozondjupa Region. Today German group Schwenk Zement KG owns 100% of the company, but is investigating Namibian institutional investors.
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. The commissioning of the plant is scheduled for the end of the year 2010.
The German company Polysius AG
, one of the leading engineering companies equipping the cement and minerals industries, is constructing the plant on a turnkey
basis. When in full production, the plant output is estimated at 700 000 tonnes of cement
per year. Ohorongo intends to satisfy local demand as well as to export the cement to neighbouring countries.
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...
. The Ohorongo Cement Plant is located on Farm Sargberg near Otavi
Otavi
Otavi is a town of 4,000 inhabitants in the Otjozondjupa Region of central Namibia. It is the district capital of the Otavi electoral constituency. Most of the area is dolomitic and the district was in the past renowned for its mineral wealth...
in the Otjozondjupa Region. Today German group Schwenk Zement KG owns 100% of the company, but is investigating Namibian institutional investors.
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. The commissioning of the plant is scheduled for the end of the year 2010.
The German company Polysius AG
Polysius AG
Polysius AG is a German company and subsidiary company of ThyssenKrupp Technologies, that manufactures cement plants and builds cement mills, cement kilns, cement factory automation systems and ore grinding facilities...
, one of the leading engineering companies equipping the cement and minerals industries, is constructing the plant on a turnkey
Turnkey
A turn-key or a turn-key project is a type of project that is constructed by a developer and sold or turned over to a buyer in a ready-to-use condition.-Common usage:...
basis. When in full production, the plant output is estimated at 700 000 tonnes of cement
Cement
In the most general sense of the word, a cement is a binder, a substance that sets and hardens independently, and can bind other materials together. The word "cement" traces to the Romans, who used the term opus caementicium to describe masonry resembling modern concrete that was made from crushed...
per year. Ohorongo intends to satisfy local demand as well as to export the cement to neighbouring countries.