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Holcim Egypt appoints sustainability director

Holcim Egypt appoints sustainability director

Holcim Egypt has appointed Mohamed Gouda as sustainability director and general manager of its Geocycle Egypt waste-management business. Gouda has more than 20 years of building...

 Morocco's cement market contracts 3% in August

Morocco's cement market contracts 3% in August

Cement deliveries in Morocco fell 3.5 per cent YoY to 1,300,945t in August 2026 from 1,347,858t in the equivalent month of the previous year, according to APC data. Dispatches t...

Cement deliveries in Morocco up 2% in July

Cement deliveries in Morocco up 2% in July

Morocco’s cement market expanded by 1.9 per cent YoY to 1,424,351t in July 2026 from 1,398,062t, according to the country’s cement association, APC. In the first seven months of...

Arabian Cement reports strong 1H26

Arabian Cement reports strong 1H26

Arabian Cement Company (ACC) reported consolidated net profit attributable to shareholders of EGP2.17bn (US$44.8m) in the first half of 2026, up 54.6 per cent from EGP1.41bn in ...

Etex acquires majority stake in Global Gypse

Etex acquires majority stake in Global Gypse

The acquisition is expected to enable the Belgium-based company to position itself in the expanding Algerian plasterboard market as well as strategically place itself for pan-Af...

Lucky Cement explores new Libyan cement plant

Lucky Cement explores new Libyan cement plant

Pakistan's Lucky Cement is considering the construction of a 2.5Mta cement plant in Khoms, Libya, following talks with the country's Privatisation and Investment Board (PIB). Th...