LafargeHolcim Algeria completes third Gambia consigment

LafargeHolcim Algeria carried out its third export shipment of grey cement to Gambia from the port of Arzew on 28 March, the company said.

Following two earlier shipments in December 2017 and March 2018, some 30,000t of bulk grey cement was delivered from its Oggaz cement plant in Mascara to Gambia.

LafargeHolcim Algeria aims to raise its exports to west Africa to 5Mt by 2020. The group has two cement plants in M'Sila and Oggaz (Mascara), a partnership with the Souakri Cilas Group at a third factory in Biskra and manages in partnership the SCMI Meftah cement plant.