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 nort...
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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 and C...
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 see...
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 co...
Nigeria: UNICEM Mfamosing's second line commissioned
United Cement Co of Nigeria (UNICEM) commissioned its new line at Mfamosing, Cross River State, in September 2016. Loesche has since announced its scope of supply for the projec...
Nigeria: Ashaka Cement to delist from NSE
LafargeHolcim subsidiary Ashaka Cement has said that it will voluntarily delist its shares from the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) after the freely-tradable proportion fell below...
Nigeria: cement sector still imports 75% of its gypsum
Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) President, Dr Ebenezer Damisa, has stressed the need for Nigeria to strengthen its mining institutions to curb illegal importation of raw mat...
Dangote sees 21% rise in revenues, but drop in profit for 3Q16
Dangote reported a revenue of NGN442bn (US$1.4bn) for the nine months ended 30 September 2016, representing a 21 per cent YoY increase from NGN365bn in 9M15. Profit after tax fe...
Nigeria: Lafarge raided and closed for suspected for tax evasion
Lafarge Cement Co Ltd in Onne and IGPES, an engineering company, in Port Harcourt, were raided by Nigerian enforcement officers from the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on...
Dangote
Despite a 15 per cent increase in sales in Nigeria in July and August this year, Dangote Cement has been forced to increase its cement prices in the country due to escalating co...