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Lafarge

Lafarge's turnover increased by 3.5 per cent in 2012 to EUR15,816m and the EBITDA improved by 7.2 per cent to EUR3450m. The trading profit showed a 12 per cent recovery EUR2440m and net financial ...
Corporate - 04 March 2013

South Africa’s cement industry body to close

South Africa’s Cement and Concrete Institute (C&CI) is to close down following the withdrawal of funding from some of the key funding members, local producer AfriSam disclosed in a statement on Fr...
News - 04 March 2013

PPC Zimbabwe to build new cement plant

A new US$200m cement plant is to be built by Portland Holdings Ltd (PHL), the Zimbabwe subsidiary of South Africa's PPC, to service the Harare and central Mozambique markets. The new plant will h...
News - 27 February 2013

AfriSam receives positive response to new sales initiative, South Africa

South Africa-based cement producer AfriSam has received a positive response from members of several rural communities to a pilot initiative that is seeing the cement giant sell its cement products...
News - 25 February 2013

Lafarge improves operational performance

Full-year 2012 results published by global cement major Lafarge showed strong growth in emerging markets and improvements in operational performance, and it now expects to meet most of its cost-cu...
News - 25 February 2013

Habesha Cement seeks project funding, Ethiopia

Ethiopia-based Habesha Cement has approached the Common Market for Eastern & Southern Africa’s (COMESA) PTA Bank in Burundi to source financing for its new cement project in Addis Ababa. Accordin...
News - 20 February 2013

Cemex details plans to raise EBITDA to US$4.7bn by 2016

At its 2013 Cemex Day, Cemex set out its ambitious target to increase its EBITDA from US$2.6bn in 2012 to US$4.7bn in 2016 as the company charts its recovery. The plans of the Mexico-based cement ...
News - 15 February 2013

Morocco: primed for growth

Morocco’s cement industry is poised to become a leading manufacturing hub in North Africa. Sustained economic growth has opened opportunities for cement producers that are looking to tap into the ...
Articles - 06 February 2013

ACCTA 2013 success leads to a biannual conference

The first conference on Advances in Cement and Concrete Technology in Africa (ACCTA 2013) was held at the Emperor’s Palace Resort in Johannesburg, South Africa, over 28-30 January 2013. More than...
Events - 02 February 2013

Development Bank of Ethiopia withdraws Habesha Cement loan

The Development Bank of Ethiopia (DBE) has withdrawn an ETB1.52bn (US$82.9m) loan agreement made with Habesha Cement for construction of a new plant. The bank had approved the loan last year wh...
News - 31 January 2013