Nigeria: fuel shortages hit cement output
Shortages of oil and natural gas have caused cement producers in Nigeria to cut output, with some plants having to close temporarily, reports the Vanguard newspaper. The dec...
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The world in 2016 and outlook for 2017
This year will be a challenging year for the multinational cement companies, which are now faced by uneven economic performance in the emerging markets, combined with a new er...
Dangote
Dangote Cement Senegal is one of three domestic cement companies, along with Sococim and Ciments du Sahel, to apply a new tax introduced by the Senegalese government. Effect...
Alternative ambitions
LafargeHolcim’s leadership in reducing CO 2 emissions in the cement industry is spurring the group to make additional investments and further lower such emissions going forwar...
Nigeria: Cross River to set up cement plant and quarry
The Cross River State Government has secured operational licenses from the Federal Government to establish its own cement plant and limestone quarry in Akamkpa. George O’Ben-E...
Nigeria: BUA Group to offer incentives to cement distributors
BUA Group, the conglomerate which owns the Cement Company of Northern Nigeria, is to offer incentives of NGN100m (US$0.3m) to cement distributors who exceed their sales targets...
Nigeria: BUA Group to use local coal deposits at Sokoto
Cement Company of Northern Nigeria (CCNN), owned by the BUA Group, will use coal from local mines in Sokoto to generate power for its new 1.5Mta cement plant located in the nor...
Nigeria: BUA set to complete 1.5Mta Sokoto expansion by 3Q17
BUA Group subsidiary, CCNN, expects the construction of its new 1.5Mta line at the Sokoto plant to be complete before the 3Q17. Founder and Executive Chairman of BUA Group a...
Nigeria: BUA cement 8Mta planned expansion
The BUA Cement 8Mta expansion project initiated last year is expected to be completed by 2018, according to BUA Group CEO, Abdulsamad Rabiu. Mr Rabiu said the expansion will se...
Report predicts strengthening demand for cement additives in Nigeria and South Africa
A new report by market research firm Frost & Sullivan forecasts that demand for cement additives in South Africa and Nigeria will grow at an annualised rate of 71 per cent as c...