Dangote Cement
Dangote has placed several orders with the Aumund Group for its projects in Nigeria and Senegal. For the Obajana Line 5 and Okpella plants in Nigeria, both 6000tpd, Aumund is su...
Kenya
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Pakistan's cement sector contracts by 1% in 1QFY19
The State Bank of Pakistan on Tuesday released its first quarterly report on the State of Pakistan’s economy for FY19. According to the report, the overall macroeconomic environ...
National Cement continues to plot a successful course in east Africa
This week, China's Sinoma Energy Conservation announced that it has a contract with National Cement Co Ltd (Devki Group) to build a new waste-heat power project at its Athi Rive...
EAPCC denies reports of potential acquisition
Kenya’s East African Portland Cement Co (EAPCC) has denied recent reports that it was in early-stage talks with LafargeHolcim about a potential acquisition. "It has never featur...
Sinoma Energy to supply Athi River plant
China’s Sinoma Energy Conservation has signed a KES25.5bn (US$251m) deal to power Devki Group’s Athi River cement plant and its Mombasa-based raw steel processor. Sinoma announc...
Work on West Pokot facility set to begin
Cemtech Ltd, a subsidiary of India’s Sanghi Group, has moved construction machinery to begin work on its proposed facility in West Pokot, Kenya, by the end of this month. "We st...
Kenya's cement consumption drops by 15% in 9M18
Kenya is stuck in a spiral decline of cement demand with sales continuing to plumit in the first 9M18. According to official data the country's cement consumption fell by 113,09...
LafargeHolcim
The 39.9 per cent-owned LafargeHolcim associate Huaxin Cement is investing US$245m in a contract to build a new production line for Holcim Philippines at the latter’s Davao work...
Bidders for ARM urged to formalise bids by end of January
ARM Cement's administrators, PriceWaterhouse Coopers have completed a transaction timetable that will see bidders need to make their bids for the stricken Kenyan Cement producer...
Bamburi Cement forecasts profit drop of 25% in 2018
Bamburi Cement (LafargeHolcim group) has given a profit warning of earnings likely to drop by 25 per cent in 2018 following difficult market conditions and escalating internatio...