Ghana: Dangote Takoradi and Tema plants to halt shortages
Following news of Ghana's difficulties to keep up with cement demand, Tajudeen Sijuede, vice chairman of Dangote Cement Ghana, has acquired the land rights for a new 1.5Mta gri...
Ghana
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Ghacem denies any responsibility for cement shortage
Responding to the local reports on Ghana's possibility of facing a cement shortage, Ghacem has refused suggestions that it has reduced production. The company has denied specul...
Ghana: prices stablise in Northern Region
Cement prices in the Northern Regional capital of Tamale, Ghana, have now stabilised, according to local press reports. Until recently, a bag of cement was being sold at bet...
CIMAF to construct new Ghana cement facility
The government of Ghana has signed an agreement with CIMAF of Morocco for the construction of a 1Mta cement facility. According to the terms of the agreement signed on Monday...
Ghana: GHACEM urged to source local raw materials
GHACEM which produces about 60,000t of cement every week sources just about 25 per cent of its raw materials in Ghana, but the government has targeted the producer to source 50...
Ghana: Ghacem cement to regions in need of development
Ghacem has donated 16,000 bags of cement to schools and hospitals which were drawn from the Upper East, Upper West, Northern, Ashanti and Brong Ahafo regions. The list of benef...
Dangote
Sales growth at Dangote Cement continues to outpace the Nigerian cement market with group sales volumes up 29.5 per cent to 9.95Mt, compared to the same period last year. Pre-t...
Ghanaian producers call for level playing field
Cement producers in Ghana have appealed to the country’s Tariff Advisory Board (TAB) to create a level playing against increased volumes of imported cement. During a recent ...
Ghana: cement prices rising
Cement prices in Ghana have been rising by the day with retail prices currently around GHS274 (US$136). Ex-factory prices are cheaper than retail prices so the tariff poste...
Western Diamond Cement Ltd secures project loan, Ghana
Stanbic Bank has closed a US$20.15m loan deal with Western Diamond Cement Ltd, part of the West African Cement SA (WACEM) Group, to build a cement production plant in the wes...