Cement News tagged under: North Africa
Société de Ciments de Gabès begins kiln shutdown24 June 2022, Published under Cement NewsWork on the kiln shutdown at Société de Ciments de Gabès cement plant in Tunisia began on 23 June 2022. The work is being carried out by Sotuqua. The plant , which belongs to the Secil group has a cement capacity of 1.29Mta and is situated on the east coast of Tunisia. |
Moroccan deliveries up 7% in May08 June 2022, Published under Cement NewsCement deliveries in Morocco increased 7.1 per cent YoY to 945,706t in May 2022 from 882,785t in May 2021, according to Ipsos. The data relates to APC members Asment Temera, Ciments de l’Atlas, Ciments du Maroc and LafargeHolcim Maroc. However, in the year to date deliveries contracted by 3.1 per cent to 5,276,337t when compared with January-May 2021 when deliveries reached 5,446,117t. |
Lafarge Egypt and Lumika sign US$93m solar power pact16 May 2022, Published under Cement NewsHolcim-owned Lafarge Egypt has signed a US$93m long-term agreement with Lumika Renewables Egypt, part of the AP Moller Egypt, to generate 140GWh of solar energy annually, according to Mist News. The two companies will establish a new 50MW power plant – the first plant owned by Lumika in Egypt. The plant will enable Lafarge to use clean energy for 50 per cent of its cement works’ energy consumption. The agreement comes into force by the first quarter of 2024. |
Morocco’s market contracts 23% in April11 May 2022, Published under Cement NewsMoroccan cement deliveries by Asment Temara ( Votorantim Cimentos ), Ciments de l'Atlas ( Addoha Group ), Ciments du Maroc ( HeidelbergCement Group ) and LafargeHolcim Maroc ( Holcim ) contracted by 22.8 per cent to 902,513t in April 2022 when compared with 1,169,122t in April 2021, according to Morocco’s cement association, APC. In the first four months of 2022 cement deliveries slipped by 5.1 per cent YoY to 4.331Mt from 4.563Mt in the January-April 2021 period. |
Carthage Cement improves 1Q cement exports22 April 2022, Published under Cement NewsTunisia-based Carthage Cement has improved its export turnover in the first quarter of 2022. Exports were up 32 per cent YoY to TND65m (US$21.8m). The company’s total turnover reached TND83.9m, up 3.4 per cent when compared with the 1Q21. The increase was achieved despite a challenging building and public works market. In terms of production in the first three months of 2022, Carthage Cement produced 398,284t of clinker, which represents an advance of seven per cent YoY. Cement product... |
March deliveries in Morocco down 7% YoY07 April 2022, Published under Cement NewsCement deliveries in Morocco declined seven per cent YoY to 1,188,217t in March 2022 from 1,277,221t according to data published by the Ministry of Housing and Urbanisation. The data include the dispatches of members of the cement producers’ association, APC (Asment Temara, Ciments de l’Atlas, Ciments du Maroc and LafargeHolcim Maroc). The downturn in cement deliveries has been attributed to inclement weather, the tightening of credit conditions for real estate development and a rise in b... |
Titan Cement introduces digital transformation to Egyptian plants04 April 2022, Published under Cement NewsTitan Cement ’s in-house proprietary advanced analytics methodology has been successfully rolled out in the company’s two cement plants in Egypt , following the successful implementation in Titan’s cement plants in Greece. In close cooperation with Titan’s Digital Center of Competence and, after a deep ‘dive’ into 16 years of data, the company’s teams teams in Beni Suef and Alexandria cement plants have applied the methodology that enables the company to minimise the total cost of s... |
Sinai Cement reports higher sales, narrow loss in 202104 April 2022, Published under Cement NewsEgypt-based Sinai Cement Co , owned by Vicat , reported a 61.9 per cent increase in sales to EGP1.44bn (US$78.8m) in 2021 when compared with 2020 when the company sold to a value of EGP889.2m. The company also narrowed its loss to EGP354m in 2021 from EGP560.3m in 2020. |
Lafarge Algeria exports 0.9Mt in 1Q2201 April 2022, Published under Cement NewsHolcim -owned Lafarge Algérie has exported nearly 0.9Mta of cement and clinker in the first quarter of 2022. The volume represents an 87 per cent rise when compared with the 1Q21, when 482,000t of products were exported. A considerable volume of clinker as well as white and grey cements were exported from Oran, Mostaganem, Jijele, Annaba and Skikda. This includes 30,000t of white cement, shipped from the port of Oran to Mexico and Guatemala. In addition, Lafarge Algérie also delivered 3... |
Suez Cement Group appoints new CEO28 March 2022, Published under Cement NewsEffective 1 May, José Maria Magrina, who led the Suez Cement Group of Companies as CEO for the last six years, will leave the company and start a new position with HeidelbergCement Trading as CEO. Mr Magrina has vast international experience in various executive roles. His professional career started at PricewaterhouseCoopers as a management consultant. Two years later, he joined Deloitte in a similar position where he focused on supply chain optimisation, market research and strat... |