Nigeria housing crisis looming as cement prices hit NGN15,000
The Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN) has warned of a looming housing crisis as soaring cement prices threaten national homeownership. According to REDAN Pre...
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Ghana real estate developers concerned about building material costs
While the price of iron rods has reduced significantly from GHS9000 (US$819.45)/t to GHS7700/t, the price of cement is still the same at most sales points across the country. Cu...
Mexican president agrees on prices with steel and cement companies
The step is expected to ensure that homes for low-income sectors do not become more expensive due to an increase in prices for key inputs. In 2025 the Mexican state is planning ...
China's housing slump sees cement directed at overseas construction
This week, CemNet reported that China's cement demand fell eight per cent YoY in 2024 to 1858.9Mt. Capacity utilisation has slipped to 50 per cent, while cement production in th...
Indonesia announces 3 million housing boom raising cement demand
The Indonesian government’s plan to build three million houses annually is expected to increase the demand for cement and help address the excess supply of cement in the country...
Vicat to construct housing and office project on site of Olympic village
On the completion of the 2025 Summer Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, the athlete's village that housed 9000 people will be converted by Vicat into a residential and professi...
Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies signs partnership with housing group
Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies has announced the signing of a commercial partnership with Polylogis Group, a leading player in the housing market, and with its subsidiary Lo...
MPA sets out mineral priorities for the next UK government
Following the announcement of a UK general election on 4 July, the Mineral Products Association (MPA) pushed out its seminal ‘Priorities for the Next Government’ document to par...
Portuguese cement consumption up 13% YoY in February
Cement consumption in Portugal in February 2024 advanced by 13.4 per cent, compared to the same period a year earlier, according to the Association of Civil Construction and Pub...
Lafarge Canada supplies OneCem for Alberta housing project
Lafarge Canada ( Holcim ) has announced its combined effort with nidus3D in supplying its OneCem low-carbon cement in Canada’s largest 3D-printed housing project, aimed at addre...