Global Cement Report
Djibouti
PDFFull Introduction ReportDownload HereMostly covered by desert and holding very few economic trump cards in terms of natural resources, Djibouti aims to make the most of its location at the Gulf of Aden, serving as a gateway to neighbouring landlocked Ethiopia and Eritrea with its port as key infrastructure. It is essentially a city-state with much of the population living within Djibouti itself.
Country Research
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Welcome to the new builds (2)
09 January 2013As new kiln capacity figures for 2012 indicate signs of a recovery, ICR takes a look a new capacity and upgrades in Africa and the Middle East in this second part of its biannual new project revie...
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New Ethiopian cement factory to set to start production
30 October 2012A new 1500tpd cement plant, situated in the eastern town of Dire Dawa, is set to start production in a fortnight. Ture Dire Dawa Cement factory has completed its construction and is awaiting a...
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National Cement to begin trial productions, Ethiopia
13 September 2012National Cement SC, Ethiopia is expected to begin production in October in an expansion project which began in 2005. According to reports in the Addis Fortune, National Cement will begin with ...
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Ethiopia: future cement strategy
23 May 2012Ethiopia has become one of the fastest-growing African economies in recent years. The cement sector has also made significant strides in terms putting an end to its reliance on imports and satisfy...
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Ethiopia to sign port agreement with Djibouti to aid coal imports
25 October 2011Ethiopia is to sign an agreement with Djibouti next month for the use of its port to import coal that the Ethiopian Petroleum Enterprise (EPE) intends direct to cement plants. EPE has been seeki...
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Pakistan exports decline
22 February 2011In the first seven months of the current fiscal (July 2010-January 2011) Pakistan exported 4.74Mt of cement and earned US$244.53m compared to 5.98Mt at US$289.27m between July-January 2009-10. Thi...
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Djibouti cement project receives loan
14 February 2011Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) has extended a Line of Credit (LoC) of US$14m as additional amount to the government of Djibouti for completing a cement plant project in Djibouti. It has e...
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Ethiopia to import 150,000t of cement
06 January 2011According to the Head of Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA), Ziad Wolde Gabriel, the first ship carrying cement has arrived at Djibouti Port. He made the statement at a consultative meeting the autho...