Cement News tagged under: Cement Industry Group of Algeria (GICA)
Algeria steps up exports24 October 2018, Published under Cement NewsGICA, LafargeHolcim and Biskria are expected to export 0.5Mta of cement and clinker from Algeria by the end of 2018 – mainly via the port of Djendjen, according to Abdesselem Bouab, general manager of the port. Since May, GICA has completed three export deliveries for a total of 110,000t of cement. The company’s total contract totals 200,000t and represents a value of over US$4m. In the near future, GICA is planning up to 2Mt. LafargeHolcim exported 100,000t of clinker and 16,700t of cem... |
Algeria: Prime Minister urges greater exports to Africa23 December 2016, Published under Cement NewsAlgeria's Prime Minister, Abdelmalek Sellal, inaugurated the 25th Algerian Production Fair (FPA) and visited a number of its pavilions stressed the need to diversify the national production and increase exports, notably towards the African markets, in a bid to meet the objective of the government programme. At the pavilion of the Groupe Industriel de Ciments d'Algérie (GICA), Mr Sellal stressed the need to achieve self-sufficiency in cement in 2017, through the launch of all scheduled pla... |
Algeria: Société Saoura Ciment to launch Ben-Zireg construction in 1Q1521 November 2014, Published under Cement NewsConstruction on the Ben-Zireg cement works will be started in the first quarter of 2015, said Abdelkader Bouaichaoui, CEO of Société Saoura Ciment, a subsidiary of Algeria’s Groupe Industriel des Ciments d’Algerie (GICA). “We expect to sign the contracts required to realise this important industrial project before the end of December with a Chinese partner, so they can start work on the plant,” he said. The Ben-Zireg works will be situated on a 60ha site, some 40km north of Bechar and ... |
ASEC in talks to sell Zahana stake, Algeria21 March 2014, Published under Cement NewsASEC Cement, a subsidiary of Citadel Capital, is looking to divest its minority stake in Zahana Cement Company of Algeria. In a statement released yesterday, Citadel Capital said that Yahia Bachir, director General of Ciments Algerie (GICA) – the Algerian holding company that controls all public-sector entities operating in the building materials sector – has publicly stated that the Algerian state is studying “buying out its Egyptian partner in a cement plant project.” Citadel Capital ha... |
Algeria’s cement imports double to 1.3Mt in 4M1310 June 2013, Published under Cement NewsCement imports into Algeria have doubled in the first four months of 2013, surpassing US$116.2m when compared with US$53.5m for the equivalent period last year – an increase of 117.5 per cent, according to Algeria’s National Centre for Customs Information and Statistics. In the four-month period, Algeria imported 1.313Mt, a 116.4 per cent advance from the 606,625t during 4M12. The launch of new projects and the resumption of building and public works projects since the start of the spring h... |
Cement Industry Group of Algeria to build two new plants07 August 2012, Published under Cement NewsThe Cement Industry Group of Algeria (Gica), which recently announced it plans to 450,000t of cement, will begin the construction of two cement plants with a total capacity of 3Mta. These plants will be located in Béchar and Relizane. Gica will launch the work of determining the volume of deposits once the mining exploration rights have been obtained from the Agency for National Mining Heritage (ANPM). This was reported yesterday by APS quoting the group's director, Yahya M Bashir. I... |
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