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Savannah Cement seeks KES40bn to fund new clinker plant

Savannah Cement , Kenya, wants to raise KES39.7bn (US$350m) via a bond on the London Stock Exchange to build a clinker production plant. The firm has been relying on imported clinker to meet c...
News - 20 January 2022

Mediterranean trading trends

Cement producers bordering the Mediterranean have seen a shift in trading trends over recent years due to a number of influencing factors. In this report, DGS Consultants explains how cement and c...
Articles - 17 January 2022

Uncertain times

ICR reflects on the rollercoaster of 2020 and 2021 in terms of COVID-19 and its impact on global cement production, consumption and trade. It also looks ahead to 2022 and beyond as cement manufact...
Articles - 04 January 2022

Natal Portland Cement secures five-year loan

As part of Natal Portland Cement’s (NPC) strategy to enhance its capital structure and investments opportunities, company CEO and Chairman, Matias Cardell has announced the approval of a five-ye...
News - 27 December 2021

InterCement sees light at the end of the tunnel

Following InterCement Participações’s financial and management adjustment measures of the last two years, the cement producer is set to return to the markets in a leaner, healthier way. Between ...
News - 24 December 2021

Nigeria’s hamstrung potential

Rapid cement capacity build-up over the last two decades and further new additions on the way mean that by next year, Nigeria will have the second-largest installed capacity in Africa. However, wh...
Articles - 20 December 2021

After sharp falls in oil and coal, Omicron fears fading – petcoke down but with coal slowly higher, discounts return to positive

By Frank O. Brannvoll, Brannvoll ApS, Denmark The euro broke lower due to hawkish talk from the US Federal Reserve of higher yields in 2022. There is a range of US$1.12-1.16 expected in 2022, b...
News - 17 December 2021