Ciments de Bizerte resumes exports after a decade

Ciments de Bizerte has restarted exports after 10 years with a 25,000t shipment of clinker to Cameroon. The consignment is part of the company’s renewed efforts to enter the export markets with bulk deliveries of clinker and cement.

The Tunisian cement producers plans to export large volumes of clinker and bulk to African and Mediterranean markets, its CEO, Jalel Ben Ohman told TAP news agency. Ciments de Bizerte is investing TND250m (US$104m) in modernising its packing equipment and upgrading its shipping facilities to handle 500tph. A further TND23m has been spent to develop its commercial port to help petcoke imports.