Mombasa Cement’s Vipingo plant wins energy-saving award
Mombasa Cement’s Vipingo facility has won Kenya’s national award as the best energy-saving company in the country, according to The Star. The plant has been able to save arou...
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Bamburi Cement acts to protect market share
Kenyan cement production capacity is now estimated at 12Mt, according to industry leaders, while annual demand ranges between 5-6Mta. Cement prices are below levels recorded ...
Bamburi to dispose of Shell waste oil
Kenya’s Bamburi Cement’s waste division, Geocycle and Vivo Energy Kenya have agreed to collect and safely dispose of waste oil from Shell service stations across the country an...
EAPCC dismisses all top managers
East African Portland Cement Co (EAPCC) has dismissed all of its top managers as part of a restructuring plan that will see the cement producer sell 2000 acres of prime but unu...
ARM and East Africa Portland's forced to cease production
Both ARM and East Africa Portland Cement are experiencing major operational challenges that have inhibited their ability to produce any cement. "ARM Cement and East African Po...
Turbulent times for Africa?
For the cement sector, turmoil has probably come to a head in many parts of Africa. Cement demand has slowed or fallen back into the red in many African countries, while overca...
West Pokot cement plant faces further construction delays
Simba Cement has come up against logistical difficulties in the construction of its West Pokot cement plant in Kenya. The project has been in planning for a decade and Simba Ce...
Bamburi Cement 1H19 pretax profit declines
Bamburi Cement reported a turnover of KES18.663bn (US$181.18m) in the1H19, up 0.6 per cent when compared with KES18.556bn in the 1H18. The Kenya-based cement producer’s preta...
Kenya's cement exports decline 65% in 1H19
Kenya’s domestic cement exports have recorded a 65.3 per cent decline in value to KES362.28m (US$3.5m) in the first six months of the year, against KES1.04bn in the 1H18, accor...
East African Portland Cement withdraws dismissing workforce notice
Kenya’s East African Portland Cement Co (EAPCC) has withdrawn the notice about the plan to dismiss its workforce of 800, saying it would make a further statement about restruct...