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GCC demand to edge up?

GCC demand to edge up? Premium

The last few years have been challenging for the cement industry in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. However, as GCC governments move towards expansionary budgets a...

GICA to commission new Sigus plant in March 2019

GICA to commission new Sigus plant in March 2019

Construction of the new Sigus integrated cement plant in Oum El Bouaghi province, Algeria, is 87 per cent complete, according to Sofiane Bensaci, Finance Director of the company...

Cement prices fall 25% in Uganda

Cement prices fall 25% in Uganda

Cement prices in Uganda have fallen 25 per cent in the last six months, dropping to UGX28,000/50kg bag (US$7.5/50kg bag) from UGX38,000/50kg bag. The drop in prices follows the ...

Bolivian economic downturn leads to pricing war

Bolivian economic downturn leads to pricing war

The economic slowdown in Bolivia is driving cement companies into a pricing war, according to Esmerk Latin American News. The cost of a 50kg bag of cement has fallen to BOB46 (U...

Agents of change

Agents of change Premium

Like the steel and automotive sectors, the cement landscape has experienced a far-reaching transformation over the last 30 years. In the mid-1980s, local players outgrew their l...

ICRA: India’s FY19 cement output to rise 6% YoY

ICRA: India’s FY19 cement output to rise 6% YoY

With a recovery in the affordable and rural housing markets and infrastructure construction picking up, India’s domestic credit rating agency ICRA expects cement production in I...

Building the Balkans

Building the Balkans Premium

While some of the Balkan states are among the youngest countries in Europe, their cement demand has remained relatively low since the global financial crisis of 2008. But this i...