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African aspirationsEast Africa’s cement sector has remained resilient in recent years, despite oversupply and power shortages. ICR reviews the main east African markets as the battle to increase market shares intens...Articles - 24 July 2018 |
Dangote Cement 1H18 revenues of NGN482.4bnDangote Cement Group reported 1H18 unaudited revenues of NGN482.4bn (US$1.33bn), up 16.9 per cent and group EBITDA up 20.8 per cent at NGN246bn. Joe Makoju, group CEO, commented on the company'...News - 23 July 2018 |
Ohorongo signs local packaging dealNamibia’s Ohorongo Cement has awarded the contract for the supply of 1.2m bags by the end of August to Kaptau Packaging. Kaptau Packaging is reported to be the first Namibian company to produce...News - 11 July 2018 |
Empire builderIn this exclusive interview with ICR, Thomas Schmidheiny (72), major shareholder and Honorary Chairman of LafargeHolcim, traces the origins of the company from its single plant in the village of H...Articles - 02 July 2018 |
30 years of industryAhead of ICR celebrating the 30th anniversary of its first publication in July, this month’s Technical Forum reflects on what has changed in the industry over the past 30 years. By Dr Michael Clar...Articles - 02 July 2018 |
Fit for future challengesVietnamese cement producer Xuan Thanh Cement awarded Germany-based grinding specialist Loesche the contract to supply the advanced grinding system for its Line 2 expansion project. The company opt...Articles - 02 July 2018 |
PPCIn its results for the year ended 31 March 2018, PPC reported a seven per cent increase in revenue to ZAR10,271m (US$750.8m), compared to ZAR9641m in the previous year. Gross profit improved from ...Corporate - 28 June 2018 |
Sephaku Cement reports 25% fall in net profitsSephaku Cement (Dangote group) reported a 35 per cent slump in net profit to ZAR44m (US$31.7m) on a one per cent decline in revenue to ZAR831m for the year to end-March. "We experienced a challen...News - 28 June 2018 |
PPC expects profit increase in FY18South Africa’s PPC expects its net profit attributable to shareholders to increase between 55-65 per cent for the financial year ended 31 March, compared with ZAR93m (US$6.9m) of the previous year...News - 18 June 2018 |
HeidelbergCement's 2020 Vision progress and Capital Markets DayThis week Dr Bernd Scheifele, HeidelbergCement Group CEO, has provided more detail on the company's Vision 2020 while the company's regional Board members gave further guidance at the producer...International Cement Review Editor's Blog - 18 June 2018 |