Dem Rep Congo: cement price jumps 50%
Despite assurances to the contrary by the country’s economics minister, Modest Bahai, following the suspension of cement imports in the Democratic Republic of Congo less than a ...
Democratic Republic Of Congo
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Cement imports suspended in RDC
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has suspended grey cement imports for three months, reports local news source Radio Okapi. Modest Bahai, the country’s economi...
Dem Rep Congo: import tax under consideration
Following the announcement of Cimenterie de Lukala (Cilu) earlier this week that it plans to close due to “unfair competition”, the governor of Kongo-Central, Jacques Mbadu Nsit...
Cimerwa looking to cut costs as it eyes export markets
Busisiwe Legodi, Cimerwa's chief executive officer, has reaffirmed her company’s commitment to developing export markets in neighbouring Burundi and eastern DR Congo. Speaking i...
PPC eyes longer-term growth outside of Africa
PPC has unveiled a new expansion strategy that envisages doubling the business every 10 years and growing beyond its traditional markets in Africa.
DR Congo: new plant online in December 2016
Dangote’s new plant in the Republic of Congo is expected to enter production in December 2016. The new 1.5Mta plant in Bouenza, Yamba district represents an investment of XOF139...
Lafarge Zambia to kickstart expansion project in 2H15
Lafarge Zambia will begin work on a EUR200m expansion project in the second half of this year, Emmanuel Rigaux, chief executive of the Lafarge unit, said last week. The work wil...
PPC
Construction is due to begin this month on PPC’s new grinding plant in Harare. Around US$18m has reportedly been secured for the project with road access to the plant already in...
PPC Barnet awards Sinoma DR Congo contract
A new US$300m cement plant will be built in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The 1Mta cement works, owned by PPC Barnet DRC, will be located near Zamba, in the Cataracts distri...
DR Congo: North Kivu starts first cement plant
Nyiragongo launched its first cement on 1 April 2014 during a ceremony presided over by the head of the provincial executive, Julien Paluku. This is first cement works to be sit...