UniCem begins construction of new line, Nigeria
United Cement Company of Nigeria (UNICEM) has started construction of its second line to meet growing demand for cement in Nigeria. Addressing journalists in Calabar, Olivier ...
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Dangote launches 52.5 grade to Nigerian market
Dangote Cement yesterday launched its 52.5 grade cement to the Nigerian market. The African cement major said at a press briefing it has recalibrated all three of its Nigerian ...
Lafarge plans additional Nigerian spend
Lafarge Cement Wapco Plc has revealed plans to invest an additional NGN1bn (US$1.37bn) in the next 3-4 years inline with the company's target of doubling capacity in Nigeria. ...
Nigeria sets up technical committee to review quality
The government of Nigeria has set up a technical committee to review the quality of cement produced within the country and is said to be evaluating the impact of eliminating 32...
Nigeria: coalition demand 42.5 grade of cement
A coalition of civil society groups and professional bodies in the construction industry is launching a campaign in Nigeria for the standardisation of cement production and imp...
Dangote on-track to complete five projects in 2014
Dangote Cement will complete five cement plants across sub-Saharan Africa this year, adding around 13.5Mta of capacity to the group's existing volumes, according to Aliko Dango...
Chinese sign US$733m cement deals in Nigeria and Myanmar
Sinoma and CITIC Heavy Industries have agreed deals worth US$733m to construct cement plants in Nigeria and Myanmar, respectively. Sinoma International Engineering Co Ltd, pa...
Nigeria: Dangote investment drive not only in cement
Dangote Group, plans to invest about US$16bn in cement, petrochemicals and agriculture over the next four years. "We are investing US$4.7bn to finish our projects in cement i...
UniCem launches new high-strength product to market
The United Cement Company of (UNICEM) Nigeria launched its new high-strength cement into the market. According to Vipul Agrawal, the company’s marketing and technical assista...
Lafarge to sell excess electricity to Nigeria
Lafarge Cement WAPCO Nigeria Plc plans to sell about 40MW of excess electricity. The company uses only 40-50MW of the 90MW generated by its local power plant, Michael Awanayah,...