Cement price stabilises in Lubumbashi
The price of grey cement in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo, is stabilising at CDF15,000-16,000/bag (US$7.58-8.09), when compared with CDF20,000-25,000 in previous year...
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1H cement sales fall 10% in Gabon
Gabon’s cement market contracted by 10.1 per cent to 197,246t in the 1H21 from 219,386t in the equivalent period of 2020, according to data by the country’s Ministry of Economy....
Cimencam sets up subsidiary to study additional plants
Cameroon’s Cimencam, part of LafargeHolcim Maroc, plans to create a new subsidiary in Figuil in the north of the country, where it currently runs a 0.15Mta cement plant. The new...
Yousheng Cement reportedly plans Cameroon project
China’s Yousheng Cement is reportedly planning to build a cement plant inside the port of Douala, Cameroon, according to Business in Cameroon. While the capacity was not disclos...
Atlantic Cement soon to start construction on 1Mta plant
The Autonomous Port of Kribi (PAK) in southern Cameroon has made a 10ha plot available in its industrial zone to Atlantic Group, owned by Ivorian billionaire Kone Dossongui. In ...
Ugandan exports to DR Congo up 30% in 2019-20
Exports of cement from Uganda to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have increased by 27,000t in the last two years, according to Israel Tinkasimire, Hima Cement’s commercia...
Cement price in DRC jumps to US$33
n the last two months, the price of a bag of cement increased from US$23 to US$33 in Mbuji-Mayi, Kasai Oriental province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Dominique Ilunga, provinc...
DR Congo orders cement imports
The Minister of Foreign Trade of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Jean Lucien Bussa, has ordered the import of 100,000t of cement from the Republic of Congo as domestic supply ...
PPC Barnet opens new headquarters
PPC Barnet Manufacturing is inaugurating its new headquarters in the heart of Kinshasa’s business district, Democratic Republic of Congo. The move represents the company’s new a...
CIMAF Gabon inaugurates second line
Ciments d’Afrique (CIMAF) Gabon has inaugurated its second production line at the Owendo plant. The 0.35Mta line will lift the plant’s total capacity to 0.85Mta after an investm...