LafargeHolcim
LafargeHolcim has acquired Metro Mix LLC, a ready-mixed concrete producer in Denver, Colorado, which last year produced a turnover of some US$30m from two batching plants, emplo...
Bamburi Cement
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Bamburi Cement records 78% net profit decline in 1H18
Kenya’s Bamburi Cement has posted a 78.2 per cent YoY drop in net profit for the half-year period ended 30 June, falling to KES399m (US$3.96m) from KES1.83bn. Revenue remained f...
Bamburi Cement launches new rapid concrete solution
Bamburi Cement has launched a ready-mix concrete that will speed up construction time by enabling continuous concrete pour in projects of more than 2000t in under 48h. Pours of ...
Kenya's cement consumption falls to 1.4Mta in 2Q18
Cement demand in Kenya has fallen to 1.4Mta in the second quarter of the year, according to a report from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS). The agency attributes t...
LafargeHolcim
LafargeHolcim has started its EUR100m+ investment in its Martres-Tolosane plant in Haute Garonne, southern France, with completion envisaged in 2020. This should enable the use ...
Bamburi Cement completes construction of grinding plant
Kenya’s Bamburi Cement has announced that construction of its 0.9Mta grinding plant at Athi River, south of Nairobi, has been completed. The facility represents a KES4bn (US$39....
Ugandan cement producers struggle to participate in SGR project
Local cement producers will have to change their products to supply the new Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project in Uganda. The SGR project is a mega railway transportation netw...
Bamburi Cement reports 66% fall in net profit for 2017
Bamburi Cement has recorded a 66 per cent YoY fall in its net profit for the full-year 2017 period, decreasing to KES1.97bn (US$19.51m) from KES5.8bn. The results have been attr...
Bamburi Cement makes new appointments
Seddiq Hassani has been appointed as the managing director of Bamburi Cement, Kenya. Mr Hassani made the move from LafargeHolcim Middle East and Africa, where he was the Head of...
Bamburi Cement suspends plans to switch to solar power
Bamburi Cement has put its plans to switch to solar power on hold, reports Standard Digital. The high cost of the project has left the company to resort to other methods to redu...