Kenya considers duty increase on imported clinker
The Kenyan government is considering an increase on duty on imported clinker to rein in trading malpractices. It says some errant cement companies have been abusing the low tax ...
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Bamburi Cement to raise prices as costs escalate
Kenya-based Bamburi Cement ( Holcim ) plans to increase prices of its products by 2-10 per cent as of 10 March 2022. The company attributed the price rise to higher raw material...
Madagascar imports cement to reduce price
The State Procurement of Madagascar (SPM) has imported cement at a reduced price to normalise the price of cement in the market and support the population after the passage of c...
East African Portland Cement narrows half-year loss
Kenya-based East African Portland Cement Co , owned by Holcim , has narrowed its half-year loss to KES907.1m (US$8m) in the six months to December 2021 from KES1.035bn in the eq...
Cement prices in Tanzania to fall?
There was a modest fall in cement production in Tanzania in 2021 as output fell to 6.436Mt when compared with 6.496Mt in 2020, according to data from the National Bureau of Stat...
Gebr Pfeiffer commissions Kenyan mill
Gebr Pfeiffer has successfully commissioned third line for cement grinding for Mombasa Cement Ltd, Vpingo , Kenya. The project for Tororo Cement subsidary Mombasa Cement include...
Lafarge Cement Malawi reverts to Portland Cement Malawi
Following a change in Lafarge Cement Malawi Ltd’s shareholding from Holcim to Huaxin, the cement producer has reverted to its original name of Portland Cement Malawi Ltd with im...
Bamburi Cement orders two solar power plants
Bamburi Cement PLC (Holcim group) has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Momnai Energy Ltd to set up two solar plants adjacent to the company's Mombasa cement plant an...
East African Cement Co looks to DR Congo for increased cement sales
East African Portland Cement Co (EAPCC) is looking to target cement sales in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). “In the past 10 years, EAPCC has been missing from the infra...
Madagascar imports 12,000t of cement
The Madagascan state, through the Ministry of Industrialisation, Trade and Consumption, has imported 12,000t of Lucky Cement at reduced prices. The arrival of the cement should ...