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Nigeria: West Africa's fastest-growing market

With 180m inhabitants, Nigeria is Africa’s most populous country. In the last decade, the country has achieved posit...

West Africa surplus looms

West Africa is one of the boom regions for new cement capacity with imports set to come under pressure, but will over...

Sinoma International secures Egyptian turnkey project

China National Materials Company Limited's (CNBM) subsidiary Sinoma International Engineering has won a turnkey cont...

Australia: Boral accuses union of blackmail

Boral's chief executive has gone on the offensive accusing the construction union of blackmail, a criminal conspirac...

Kenya: Holcim won't buy out Bamburi Cement

Holcim said it has no intention of making a takeover offer for Bamburi Cement Ltd in Kenya if competition regulators...

India: CMA seeks fairer taxes for cement

The Indian Cement Manufacturers Association (CMA) has requested in its pre-budget memorandum 2014-15 that cement be ...

Zambia: government backs low-cost cement

A government minister in Zambia has commended the efforts of Zambezi Portland Cement to launch a new lower-cost ceme...

Mexico: Cementos Fortaleza inaugurates new plant

Cementos Fortaleza’s new 1Mta greenfield plant in Santiago de Anaya, Hidalgo, Mexico, has been inaugurated. The of...

Namibia: Ohorongo cement fights back against Chinese importers

Namibia's Ohorongo Cement plant, part of the German-based Schwenk Zement KG, is battling to beat off Chinese cement ...

Alite size

Arthur Harrisson investigates alite crystal size and the effect on mortar strength.

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