Kenyan cement consumption grows by 18% in 1H22
Kenyan cement consumption grew 18 per cent in the half year ended June, driven by increased construction activities in the private sector that defied a surge in cement prices, a...
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East African Portland Cement sells land plots to squatters
East African Portland Cement (EAPCC) has started a process of selling land parcels to squatters who have been living on its Athi River property. The cement maker has made an off...
Bamburi Cement posts 88% drop in 1H profits
Kenya-based Bamburi Cement Ltd reported a profit of KES95m (US$0.79m) for the January-June 2022 period, 87.7 per cent down from KES776m in the 1H21. However, the group posted a ...
Devki Group plans 60MW wind energy plant
Kenya's Devki Group ( National Cement ) plans to develop a wind power plant in Kenya to try and mitigate electricity costs . The cement, steel and power group said in a disclosu...
EAPCC sees start kiln shell replacement
East African Portland Cement Co (EAPCC) has started the replacement of the kiln shell at its Athi River plant in Kenya. The burning zone of the kiln has been damaged for some ti...
Redecam commissions Bamburi Cement baghouse
Redecam has commissioned a new bag filter at Bamburi Cement ( Holcim Group ), Mombasa , Kenya. The project required a turnkey solution to convert the main kiln and electrostatic...
Bamburi Cement full-year profit rises
Bamburi Cement Group reported a pre-tax profit of KES2.2bn (US$19m) in 2021, representing a 22.3 per cent YoY increase from KES1.8bn in 2020. The advance comes on the back of im...
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 ...
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...
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...