Zimbabwe to keep imports flowing
This week, Zimbabwe's cement market opted to keep import permits in response to increasing cement shortages. Zimbabwe’s cement sector has been stretched and reliance on Lafarge...
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Pakistani cement exporters face several challenges
The exports of cement and clinker from Pakistan have been affected by several factors, including a change in political set-up in Afghanistan, the persistent deadlock in trade b...
Soaring freight rates prompt cement sector reaction
This week, we are taking a look at the rising costs of dry bulk freight and the resulting impact on the cement industry. Earlier this month, the Baltic Dry Index, a global i...
Kenyan sees record cement consumption in July
Kenya’s cement consumption grew to 726,823t in July, the highest in the last decade records the Kenyan National Bureau of Statistics. The record demand is linked to sever...
Figuil plant to be expanded by 0.5Mta
Cameroonian Prime Minister, Joseph Dion Nguté, laid the first stone of the new 0.5Mta production line of Cimenteries du Cameroun (Cimencam) in Figuil, in the northern part of ...
Regional chief president calls for new Ghanaian cement factory
The President of the North East Regional House of Chiefs, Nayiri Naa Bohagu Abdulai Sheriga, has appealed to Ghana's government to establish a cement factory in the area to cr...
Ghana cement factory needs US$4m to be resurrected
The pozzolana cement factory established by the Building and Road Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-BRRI), and abandoned earlier t...
AfriSam's Centre for Product Excellence reduces carbon footprint
AfriSam’s Centre for Product Excellence (CPE) is crucial to supporting customers in their quest for a low carbon future, according to the South Africa-based cement producer. Th...
Devki Group to switch to self-power generation by 2023
Devki Group is planning to generate its own power by 2023 as the high cost of power is seen by the company as the biggest threat to Kenya’s manufacturing sector. Narendra Ra...
Fears Ghana's cement price will climb above GHS60/bag
Ghana's cement price is likely to continue rising and could surpass GHS60/bag (US$9.94) by the end of the year if some taxes and levies are not scrapped, say cement producers. ...