Dangote eyes further investment in Zambian market
With Dangote’s first cement plant in Zambia set to be completed next year, a senior company executive has said that plans for another new plant in the East African country are o...
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Dangote calls for limestone allocation to invest in Ghana
Dangote Cement has said it is yet to receive a limestone allocation from the government of Ghana to invest in local production. The Nigerian cement major is instead having to ba...
West Africa: Dangote Cement to meet demand
With the rising concern of unavailability of cement during certain times of the year in Ghana and the rapid infrastructure development of many economies in Africa, especially th...
Federal government steps in to help resolve oversupply dispute, Nigeria
Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment has stepped in to mediate in a dispute over a supply surplus being created in the local industry.
Dangote slams Ibeto for Nigeria surplus
A spat has broken out between Nigeria’s leading domestic producer, Dangote Cement, and Ibeto Cement Company, the country’s sole cement importer. Dangote Group spokesman, Anthony...
Nigeria: Dangote closes cement plant
The management of Dangote Cement Plc has finalised arrangements to temporarily close down its 4Mta Gboko Plant as a result of competition and excess cement in the market, accord...
Dangote orders 500 heavy-duty trucks from Beiqi Foton
Nigerian cement producer Dangote Cement has awarded the contract for 500 Foton-Daimler heavy-duty trucks to Beiqi Foton, one of China’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturers.
Dangote Cement could tip the balance to oversupply in East Africa
Plans by Dangote Cement to set up a manufacturing plant in Tanzania have complicated expansion plans for Kenyan firms that have dominated exports of the commodity into the East ...
Dangote nine month profit rises 13.5 per cent
Nigeria's Dangote Cement said on Thursday its pretax profit for the nine months to September rose 13.5 per cent to NGN105.8bn (US$673.63m), compared with NGN93bn in the same per...
Dangote to eliminate Tanzania’s cement shortages
When it comes on-stream in 18 months’ time, the new 2Mta Dangote cement plant at Mtwara is expected to reduce the cement deficit in Tanzania. Since 2011, the country’s cement de...