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Emerging markets to remain unpredictable in 2017The year 2017 is expected to be a difficult one to negotiate for large cement corporations that have high exposure to emerging markets as major price and volume issues are now surfacing. In rec...News - 03 February 2017 |
Coal price rises will impact cement costsAlthough there has been a big move away from fossil fuels in many parts of the world, the cement sector still relies on coal as cheap fuel to fire a good number of its cement kilns. Yet, in the l...News - 28 January 2017 |
Swaziland: cement industry threatened by importsCement imports are undercutting cement produced by AfriSam Swaziland in price and present a risk to the viability of the domestic cement producer, according the Times of Swaziland. In a move to...News - 20 January 2017 |
Maple Leaf Cement to raise cement capacityMaple Leaf Cement Factory Ltd (MLCF) was in the news this week when FLSmidth announced it had secured an EPC contract for a new 7300tpd third line at Daud Khel in Iskanderabad, Mianwali, Pakistan...News - 20 January 2017 |
South Africa: PPC to fund Slurry Kiln 9 project from B-BBEE dealJSE-listed cement maker PPC says it has started structuring its new broad-based black economic empowerment (B-BBEE) agreement, after it had concluded subscription agreements of another B-BBEE deal...News - 19 January 2017 |
Improving markets for 2017While 2016 appears to have seen limited growth in global cement consumption, improved fundamentals and returns are in store for 2017 as emerging markets are expected to nearly double their YoY gro...Articles - 09 January 2017 |
Optimising a dynamic processThe cement production process is dynamic, with substantial opportunities for optimisation, improving plant productivity as well as profitability. Cemtech Technical Workshops are an important way o...Articles - 04 January 2017 |
Pakistan: industry demands anti-dumping duty in Iranian cementAll Pakistan Cement Manufacturers’ Association (APCMA) Chairman, Sayeed Tariq Saigol, has urged the government to support the cement industry by placing an anti-dumping duty on Iranian cement and ...News - 22 December 2016 |
Nigeria: Ashaka Cement to be delisted from NSEThe Board of Directors of Ashaka Cement Plc have opted for a voluntarily delisting of the company from the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in violation of the exchange’s Free Float Deficiency prov...News - 20 December 2016 |
Report predicts strengthening demand for cement additives in Nigeria and South AfricaA new report by market research firm Frost & Sullivan forecasts that demand for cement additives in South Africa and Nigeria will grow at an annualised rate of 71 per cent as companies look to dif...News - 09 December 2016 |