Mamba Cement Company

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Mamba Cement is a South African cement manufacturer based in Limpopo Province.

Here’s a refined summary of what it is and its background:

Overview

• Founded in 2013 as a joint venture between China–Africa Development Fund, Jidong Development Group (China), and local South African partners .

• Operations began in October 2015, producing clinker and cement alongside generating electricity via a waste-heat recovery system—the first of its kind in Africa.

Plant & Capacity

• Located near Thabazimbi, ~200 km northwest of Johannesburg .

• Key production specs:

• Daily clinker output ~2,800 t

• Annual clinker capacity ~870,000 t

• Cement capacity up to 1 million t/year .

Technology

• State-of-the-art integrated plant with on-site waste-heat power generation providing ~6 MW, supplementing 23% of its energy needs sustainably ().

Products

• Bulk cement (e.g., Mamba 95, a CEM I 52.5N with ~95% clinker, ideal for precast, ready-mix, structural uses) .

• Bagged cement lines 22,5X and 42,5R (CEM II), distributed through major retailers .

Financing & Ownership

• Project funded via ~$120 million debt (Nedbank + Bank of China, finalized Oct 2015) .

• 2025 update: Tanzania Portland Cement (Twiga) acquired a 95% stake in “Mamba Cement Company Ltd”—a limestone extraction firm, not the South African producer .

Summary

Mamba Cement is a modern, high-capacity cement producer with a strong technological setup and sustainability focus.

Its products serve both industrial bulk markets and consumer-level bag supply. While it retains its Chinese–South African ownership, an unrelated Tanzanian firm named Mamba Cement (limestone extractor) was acquired in June 2025 by Twiga Cement

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