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Ethiopian production faces disruptions over jobs plan

23 March 2017, Published under Cement News

Regional officials in Ethiopia are demanding that foreign cement producers, including Dangote Cement and Derba Midroc Cement, should let cooperatives of unemployed young adults run part of their mining businesses. A draft contract drawn up by Oromia state’s East Shewa Zone administration this month calls for the young adults to operate pumice mines for the cement producers, according to Bloomberg. Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn’s administration is trying to reduce youth unemployme...

Derba MIDROC Cement inaugurated, Ethiopia

06 February 2012, Published under Cement News

Derba MIDROC Cement Plc, Ethiopia’s biggest cement factory, was inaugurated on Sunday in the presence of Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and other invited guests. The US$351m plant was built by the MIDROC Ethiopia group owned by Mohammed al-Amoudi, an Ethiopian-born Saudi Arabian billionaire who is one of the biggest investors in Ethiopia. Derba MIDROC located about 70km northwest of the capital, Addis Ababa, near Chanch town of Oromia State will produce 8000tpd of cement. Al-Amou...