Bamburi Cement stock: company calls for low-carbon procurement

Bamburi Cement is urging Kenya to give lower-carbon building materials greater weight in public tenders and green-finance rules. Business Today reported the proposal on November 4, 2026, following comments by Sustainability and Corporate Affairs Director Jane Wangari at the Kenya Industrialisation Summit.

The company wants government tenders to award higher scores to contractors using cement with lower emissions. It also supports including low-carbon cement in the Central Bank of Kenya's Green Finance Taxonomy, a move intended to encourage financing for sustainable construction.

DuraCem targets infrastructure demand

Bamburi is promoting DuraCem, a 42.5-grade cement made in Kenya for large-scale and marine construction. The product is designed to resist sulphates and chlorides and is manufactured using alternative fuels including rice husks and waste tyres.

Bamburi says DuraCem produces 64 percent less carbon dioxide than ordinary Portland cement. The company cited Makupa Bridge in Mombasa as an application that saved more than 10 million kilogrammes of carbon dioxide, while broader adoption will depend on procurement standards, financing and customer demand.

Capacity expansion supports growth

Bamburi is also pursuing a commercial opportunity to supply more than one million tonnes of cement to the proposed Dangote East Africa Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemical Special Economic Zone in Lamu County. Business Today said no final supply award was indicated, leaving the project as a potential rather than secured demand source.

The company signed a US$250 million engineering, procurement and construction contract with China's Sinoma CBMI for a clinker plant in Matuga, Kwale County. The facility is expected to produce 1.6 million tonnes of clinker annually. Bamburi plans to lift clinker capacity from one million tonnes to 2.6 million tonnes and cement capacity from 1.8 million tonnes to four million tonnes.

For investors, the strategy combines a push for demand through greener procurement with a large expansion of production capacity. Execution of the Matuga project and the conversion of prospective infrastructure demand into contracts remain important factors for the company's outlook.

Business model and market position

Bamburi Cement PLC manufactures and sells cement, concrete and related construction products in Kenya and the wider East African market. Its portfolio includes general-purpose cement, DuraCem, ready-mix concrete and precast products for infrastructure, commercial and residential projects. The company operates within the regional cement and concrete industry and is part of the Amsons Group.

Kenya's construction market remains central to the company's expansion case, with infrastructure and industrial projects providing potential demand for cement and concrete. Current market reports

Bamburi Cement is positioning its product portfolio and production base for Kenya's infrastructure and industrial build-out.