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Dangote Cement's pan-African sales rise 9% in 2021

Dangote Cement Group 's total pan-African volume represents 37 per cent of group volumes. Sales volumes across its African operations were 10.9Mt in 2021, up 8.7 per cent. Pan-African revenues of...
News - 04 March 2022

AfriSam hosts annual budget breakdown event

Speaking at AfriSam ’s recent National Budget Breakdown function, an annual event now in its fifth year, Dr Azar Jammine, director and chief economist of Econometrix, gave a thumbs up to the 2022...
News - 03 March 2022

Pakistan's cement and clinker exports decline

Pakistan's cement and clinker exports have decreased in the  first seven months of the FY21-22.  According to local analysts, historically, when domestic demand is booming, exports take a backseat...
News - 22 February 2022

Africa’s 2022 trading outlook

As the African cement sector begins to adjust to a post-pandemic climate, Harpreet Duggal, CEO of trading company Black Rock Cement, UAE, and former CEO of Dangote Cement Tanzania, shares his expe...
Articles - 14 February 2022

Cemex reports double-digit EBITDA growth in FY21

Cemex announced strong results for the FY21 with double-digit EBITDA growth, the highest in more than a decade, coupled with a similar increase in sales, driven by higher volumes and robust pric...
News - 11 February 2022

South Africa’s long walk to recovery

While 2021 saw some pick-up in South Africa’s cement market, analysts do not expect a full recovery before mid-2024. By Industry Insight, South Africa. As the COVID-19 mutation Omicron swee...
Articles - 08 February 2022

AfriSam executive calls for responsible cement manufacture

Hannes Meyer, cementitious executive at leading cement producer AfriSam, calls for improved an circular economy, responsible manufacturing practices and a level playing field for South African ce...
News - 01 February 2022

South African cement imports up 19% in 11M21

Cement imports into South Africa surged to their highest level in 2021 as they reached 161,555t in November despite the government drive to use domestically-produced product and banning imported c...
News - 01 February 2022

PPC to build 30MW solar plant in Zimbabwe

South Africa-based PPC will build a 30MW solar power facility at its Colleen Bawn clinker plant in Zimbabwe as part of its decarbonisation strategy. The clinker works will use 15MW for its own...
News - 27 January 2022

Reducing methane emissions

As the cement industry prepares to meet its sustainability objectives, this month’s Technical Forum focusses on the potential of methane as an alternative to coal in firing kilns. More than 70 per...
Articles - 24 January 2022