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Algeria: building material imports fall in 9M16

Building material imports (cement, iron and steel, wood and ceramic products) stood at US$1.61bn over the first nine...

Kenya: Bamburi Cement and Geocycle form partnership

Bamburi Cement (LafargeHolcim Group) and a global waste management firm have signed an agreement for alternative fue...

South Africa: PPC's 1H profits fall 66%

PPC Ltd reported a 66 per cent decline in half-year profit, hit by higher finance costs. PPC said headline earning...

USA: preliminary August cement shipments total 9.41Mt

Preliminary data from the US Geological Survey (USGS) for US shipments of cement in August 2016 estimate that Portla...

Angola: Cimangola to cease clinker imports

Nova Cimangola announced that it will stop importing clinker and instead use domestic resources. The company has ...

Indonesia: Semen Baturaja plant due online in 2017

President of PT Semen Baturaja, Pamudji Rahardjo, announced that the state company would bring its second cement pla...

UAE: National Cement Co sees 46% fall in 3Q profits

National Cement reported a 46.2 per cent drop in third-quarter net profits to AED9.85m (US$2.7m) from AED18.31m 3Q15...

Zimbabwe: PPC commissions its Harare grinding unit

PPC Zimbabwe says it expects to increase exports into the region after commissioning a US$85m grinding plant in Hara...

FLSmidth MAAG Gear appoint new CEO

Helmut Holz is the new CEO of FLSmidth MAAG Gear. He follows Simon Jensen, who has accepted a new position as Managi...

Ghana: Union calls on Government to protect local cement industry

Dr Ekwow Spio Garbrah, Ghana's Trade and Industry Minister, is being encouraged by the Industrial and Commercial Wor...

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