The Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) will need 800,000 tonnes of cement of all grades and 85,000 of reinforcement steel.
For now, though, these are indicative figures, according to the SGR project's coordinator, Mr Kasingye Kyamugabi.
According to the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (Ubos, 2014), Uganda manufactures 2.2 million tonnes of cement, annually.
The local market consumes 1.7 million tonnes of that annually.
Uganda exports the surplus (500,000 tonnes) to, among other countries, South Sudan.
However, even if it were not to export the 500,000 tonnes, they would be 300,000 tonnes short the 800,000 tonnes needed for the SGR project.
That means the local manufacturers who have positioned themselves to supply the project should by now have readied to operate at not less than 100 per cent of their installed production capacity.
The Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) will need 800,000 tonnes of cement of all grades and 85,000 of reinforcement steel.
For now, though, these are indicative figures, according to the SGR project's coordinator, Mr Kasingye Kyamugabi.
According to the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (Ubos, 2014), Uganda manufactures 2.2 million tonnes of cement, annually.
The local market consumes 1.7 million tonnes of that annually.
Uganda exports the surplus (500,000 tonnes) to, among other countries, South Sudan.
However, even if it were not to export the 500,000 tonnes, they would be 300,000 tonnes short the 800,000 tonnes needed for the SGR project.
That means the local manufacturers who have positioned themselves to supply the project should by now have readied to operate at not less than 100 per cent of their installed production capacity.