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Emerging markets to remain unpredictable in 2017

The 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 costs

Although 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 imports

Cement 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 capacity

Maple 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 deal

JSE-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 2017

While 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 process

The 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 cement

All 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 NSE

The 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 Africa

A 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