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Blending boost for Lesotho

In a first step towards creating a fully-fledged cement manufacturing capacity in South Africa’s neighbour Lesotho, construction materials supplier AfriSam has opened a new cement blending and pac...
Articles - 24 July 2017

Dangote Cement's pan-African expansion boosts financial strength

Dangote Cement's strategy of rapid capacity build across Africa with prudent financial management has led the company to recently be recognised for its financial strength. The next wave of develop...
News - 21 July 2017

After the perfect storm

Sluggish cement demand and oversupply have led to slow sales and low prices in South Africa. The cement sector’s low profit margins have not deterred new entrants with state-of-the-art plants prov...
Articles - 18 July 2017

Modernising Slurry

PPC is currently undertaking a major capital investment and modernisation effort at its Slurry cement works in South Africa to create an energy-efficient production facility. Group CEO, Darryll Ca...
Articles - 12 July 2017

The blending menu

Blended cement is the focus of this month’s Technical Forum, namely the complexities of understanding its classification and labelling under the European EN 197 system. The moderator also takes a ...
Articles - 10 July 2017

Sika names new regional manager for EMEA

Ivo Schädler will assume responsibility for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region and will join Sika's Group Management. He succeeds Paul Schuler, who was appointed Chief Executive Offi...
News - 06 July 2017

Asia prepares for new capacity

As ICR rounds up the latest capacity projects from around the world in its July 2017 issue, CemNet focusses on cement plants currently under construction and recently-announced projects in Asia as...
Articles - 05 July 2017

PPC

For the year ending March 2017, PPC saw its group revenue improve by five per cent to ZAR9641m (US$750m), compared to ZAR9187m in the previous year. EBITDA over the same period slipped by 13 per c...
Corporate - 26 June 2017

PPC revenue growth supported by rest of Africa cement business

PPC reported that group revenues for the year ending March 2017 rose by five per cent to ZAR9641m (US$750m). The growth was supported by the rest of Africa cement business where revenues rose by n...
News - 08 June 2017

Pakistan cement sector prospects

Pakistan's construction industry is thriving and is expected to continue doing so in the foreseeable future. However, to maintain healthy capacity utilisation rates, increased exports are neede...
News - 02 June 2017