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Global demand growth outlook downgraded

A recent report by Morgan Stanley has lowered the growth outlook for global cement demand for 2013 to adjust for a changing economic landscape in emerging regions. Following economic updates by ...
News - 28 October 2013

Two new cement grinding plants for South Africa

Two new grinding stations will be established in Southern Africa by the end of 2014, to be set up by new market entrant Osho Ventures, CemNet News has learnt. Each of the new milling stations w...
News - 25 October 2013

Lesotho plans 0.2Mta cement plant

Lesotho plans to build a 0.2Mta plant to meet cement requirements for the country’s second phase of its Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) and reduce reliance on imported cement from South Afr...
News - 23 October 2013

Adapt and evolve

Commanding almost a 50 per cent share of the Mexican cement market, Cemex knows only too well the challenges facing the country’s cement producers. Juan Romero, president of Cemex Mexico, talks to...
Articles - 14 October 2013

Rising South African input costs impacting Lafarge margins

Lafarge South Africa has said it may raise cement prices on the local market due to higher fuel and electricity costs. Thierry Legrand, country chief executive, said last week that increasing in...
News - 08 October 2013

PPC commits to new DRC plant

PPC has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Barnet Group, its local partner in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), to build a US$230m cement factory there. Ketso Gordhan, CEO of PPC...
News - 01 October 2013

PPC

Following last month’s purchase of 200,000 PPC shares, valued at over ZAR6m (US$0.59m), Ketso Gordhan, the company’s CEO, has once again demonstrated his commitment to the cement producer with the...
Corporate - 30 September 2013

Dangote Cement

The Investment Board of Nepal (IBN) is reportedly on the verge of approving a proposal by Dangote Cement to invest US$800m in a new cement plant in the country. Dangote first approached the IBN...
Corporate - 30 September 2013

Adapting to demand

While the Czech cement industry is still overcoming the effects of the global economic crisis, domestic producers are engaging in the search for lower CO2 emissions, a reduced clinker factor and m...
Articles - 30 September 2013

India Cements explores export opportunities

India Cements is looking at the possibility of resuming exports in a bid to improve capacity utilisation and benefit from the falling rupee, N Srinivasan, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of th...
News - 23 September 2013