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Dangote breaks ground on Tanzania plant

Dangote Cement has marked the next step of its impressive African expansion drive by laying the foundation stone for a new cement plant in Tanzania. "The groundbreaking ceremony of the 3Mt ceme...
News - 28 May 2013

Cimpor first-quarter boosted by new profile

Cimpor has reported a 22 per cent rise in turnover and a 15.2 per cent YoY increase in EBITDA for the first quarter of 2013 mainly due to the reshuffling of the group's profile. The performance of...
News - 27 May 2013

PPC Ltd

In the six months ending March 2013, South Africa’s PPC Ltd saw its cement sales grow by six per cent. Revenue was up by eight per cent to ZAR3.81bn (US$408m), EBITDA rose by three per cent to ZAR...
Corporate - 21 May 2013

New South Africa industry body announced

A newly-constituted industry body, The Concrete Institute, funded by AfriSam, Lafarge and a new cement producer, Sephaku, is to continue the services provided by the former Cement & Concrete Insti...
News - 20 May 2013

PPC to construct new plant in Democratic Republic of Congo

PPC 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...
News - 17 May 2013

Titan recovers in the USA

Titan's first-quarter turnover showed a 7.8 per cent improvement to €243m while the EBITDA fell by 29.4 per cent, in line with the 29.3 per cent reduction seen this time last year, to €24.3m. The...
News - 15 May 2013

PPC's East African promise

PPC 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...
Articles - 14 May 2013

Opportunities in new Africa

Africa 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...
Articles - 01 May 2013

Vicat advances in Asia and Americas

Vicat's first quarter turnover was ahead by 1.2 per cent to EUR491m, which represents an underlying improvement of 2.7 per cent. Cement turnover was up by 1.8 per cent to EUR304m, with cement sh...
News - 26 April 2013

NESHAP compliance made easy

As the US Environmental Protection Agency finalised its amendments to the air toxics rules for Portland cement production and expects the industry to comply fully by 2015, Austria-based filter spe...
Articles - 17 April 2013