Global Cement Report
Burkina Faso
PDFFull Introduction ReportDownload HereSituated in West Africa's Sahel, Burkina Faso is a country which has little in terms of natural resources and agricultural output relies heavily limited by drought, desertification and other problems.
Country Research
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Western Diamond Cement Ltd secures project loan, Ghana
10 May 2013Stanbic Bank has closed a US$20.15m loan deal with Western Diamond Cement Ltd, part of the West African Cement SA (WACEM) Group, to build a cement production plant in the western region of Ghana...
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HeidelbergCement
04 April 2013HeidelbergCement's turnover improved by 8.9 per cent last year to EUR14,020.2m (US$17,927m) while the EBITDA was ahead by 6.7 per cent to EUR2477.2m. At the trading level, the improvement reached ...
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Cemtech Middle East & Africa
20 March 2013The annual Cemtech Middle East & Africa International Cement Conference and Exhibition took place at the Four Seasons Resort, Marrakech, Morocco, on 10-13 February 2013. Supported by the Associati...
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HeidelbergCement builds grinding facility in Burkina Faso
06 March 2013HeidelbergCement is constructing a new US$50m grinding plant in the west African country of Burkina Faso with local partners, the cement major said in a statement today. The new facility, which wi...
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CIMAF builds cement plant in Burkina Faso
23 January 2013Morocco’s Ciments d’Afrique (CIMAF) is building a cement works in the industrial zone of Kossodo, Burkina Faso. On Saturday, 19 January 2013 the first stone was laid in the presence of the countr...
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HeidelbergCement
06 December 2012HeidelbergCement's turnover increased by 9.4% to €10,524.8m during the first nine months of the year and the EBITDA was ahead by 6.2% to €1,785.9m. At the trading level, the profit advanced by 8.9...
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HeidelbergCement
08 October 2012HeidelbergCement is investing US$250m in a 1.5Mta clinker plant at Tabligbo, some 80km to the north of the capital Lomé, for completion in 2015. The clinker will be ground into cement at Heidelbe...
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HeidelbergCement invests US$250m in Togo
24 September 2012HeidelbergCement will invest US$250m in the building of a new clinker plant and a cement grinding unit in Togo. The new cement works, which will be located in Tabligbo, around 80km northeast of th...