Tanga Cement factory in Tanzania. The four main cement manufacturers in the country stopped production to pave way for maintenance of their machines.. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
Tanzania’s Ministry of Trade and Industry has blamed the recent high cement prices on non-production by four main cement manufacturers in the country that had gone into maintenance.
A 50kg bag of cement retails for Tsh15,000 ($6), but according to the National Bureau of Statistics data for October, the price had risen by 30 percent to Tsh22,000 ($9) in parts of the country.
