Global Cement Report
Tanzania
PDFFull Introduction ReportDownload HereTanzania has made great strides throughout the last decade in improving its infrastructure and communications networks with the cement industry being a key beneficiary of the building boom despite the country's power crisis and an inefficient distribution network.
Country Research
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PPC to construct new plant in Democratic Republic of Congo
17 May 2013PPC has announced plans to construct a 1Mta cement factory in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as part of the company’s plans to increase revenue streams outside South Africa to 40 per cent by 20...
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PPC's East African promise
14 May 2013PPC Ltd, southern Africa’s leading cement manufacturer, has increased its footprint in sub-Saharan Africa with its latest acquisitions in Ethiopia and Rwanda. With the two acquisitions, PPC’s sigh...
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Opportunities in new Africa
01 May 2013Africa is a land of opportunity, rich in potential and certainly the next challenge for many cement producers. The sub-Saharan region is changing rapidly and the race is on to be a part of the gro...
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Tanzania Portland Cement net profit rises 22 per cent cost efficiencies
19 April 2013Tanzania Portland Cement Co, part of the HeidelbergCement Group, reported a 22 per cent rise in net profit in 2012 to TZS61.57bn thanks to tighter cost control and despite competition from imports...
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Tanga Cement annual sales reach record high, Tanzania
11 April 2013Tanga Cement said its cement sales last year crossed the 1Mt mark – the highest in the Tanzanian cement producer’s history. Sales at the company, which produces the Simba Cement brand, rose by ...
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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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Building Al Ain
25 March 2013To help realise its plans to expand its building materials portfolio in the United Arab Emirates, Arkan Building Materials Co contracted Sinoma International Engineering Co Ltd to construct its ne...
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ARM Cement boosted by higher sales
21 March 2013ARM Cement, Kenya's second-largest producer, has reported an eight per cent advance in 2012 net profit and says it expects improved profitability on the back of new capacity. Formerly known as A...