Tanzania government meets with stakeholders over cement prices

The Tanzanian government called an emergency meeting with stakeholders in Dar es Salaam to discuss the rising cement prices and the lack of product availability in the country’s market, according to a report in The Citizen.

The closed-door meeting was chaired by the Deputy Minister for Industries, Trade and Investment, Stella Manyanya, who wanted producers to explain why there was scarcity of cement in the market.
"We conducted a quick survey in the market and established that cement is not available and if you found it, it is sold at a high price," she said. However, she said there was not a strong reason from producers.
“We expected that since there are ongoing massive projects like SGR, the cement producers could increase the production but we are wondering why cement is not available currently," she said. While she said she understood that there may be technical issues in one or two plants, she added that this could not be the case for all cement plants in the country.