1970s
1970s
Discovery of limestone deposit at a hot spring in Bugarama, Rusizi district in South Western Rwanda
1976
1976
Agreement to set up the 50,000 tons per year cement plant
1984
1984
Plant is commissioned and managed by CBMC (a Chinese company)under a build, own, operate and transfer agreement until the end of the loan term
in July 2006
1994
1994
Operations suspended during genocide which saw 58 CIMERWA team members lose their lives.