Peat mining saves CIMERWA

KIGALI - The country’s sole cement manufacturer CIMERWA is set to benefit from peat mining, a venture that has been undertaken by Rwanda Investment Group (RIG). This was established following the successful testing of the energy source as an alternative to the high cost fuel which has been predominantly used in the production of cement. Peat which has been appraised as a competent alternative energy to replace the high cost and ever fluctuating Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO), is currently mined at Gishoma in Rusizi district from a 144 hectare deposit by a newly created RIG company called Peat Energy Company.