Algeria heading towards self-sufficiency
Algeria is moving towards "self-sufficiency in cement and steel products thanks to the new facilities to be operational in the short term," Minister of Industry and Mines, Abdes...
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Algeria: Lafarge-Souakri plant operational in August
Lafarge Algeria and Souakri’s joint venture, the 2.7Mta Biskra cement works, is expected to deliver its first bag of cement in August 2015, according to Eric Meuriot, head of La...
Algeria: GICA to increase capacity to 18.5Mta by end-2017
State-owned Groupe Industriel des Ciments d’Algérie (GICA) will invest DZD154bn (US$1.6bn) to increase its production by from 11.5Mta currently up to 18.5Mta by the end of 2017....
PPC
PPC, which recently called off merger talks with AfriSam, is reported to be entering a joint venture with Hodna Algerian Cement Co (HACC) to build a new 2.2Mta cement plant in M...
PPC to ease expansion, focus on existing projects
PPC said it will expand more slowly after spending on its 'Rest of Africa' projects has raised its debt load, the company's chief executive said on Wednesday. PPC is building pl...
Algeria: construction on Hodna-PPC M’sila plant to start
Construction on the 2.2Mta plant in M'sila, a joint venture between Hodna Algerian Cement Co (HACC) and PPC (South Africa), will start soon, according to Abdelkrim Mansouri, dir...
Algeria: cement imports up 21% in 2M15
Cement imports into Algeria have jumped 21 per cent in 2M15 when compared to the first two months of 2014, according data by the Algerian customs.
Lafarge opens new building materials distribution centre, Algeria
Lafarge opened a new building materials distribution centre at M’Sila on 3 February 2015. "This new distribution centre is part of Lafarge Algeria’s business strategy to get clo...
Algeria: Société Saoura Ciment to launch Ben-Zireg construction in 1Q15
Construction 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 Gro...
PPC full-year cement sales rise 2%
South Africa's largest cement producer, PPC, reported a two per cent rise in cement sales for the full year to the end of September 2014, as growth in some of its sub-Saharan ma...