BI supplies KÖBO chains to South African projects
Bearings International (BI) has supplied a large order of KÖBO chains to cement producers in the North West and the Western Cape of South Africa. The order consisted of a bucket...
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Sephaku Cement reports 25% fall in net profits
Sephaku Cement (Dangote group) reported a 35 per cent slump in net profit to ZAR44m (US$31.7m) on a one per cent decline in revenue to ZAR831m for the year to end-March. "We exp...
PPC expects profit increase in FY18
South Africa’s PPC expects its net profit attributable to shareholders to increase between 55-65 per cent for the financial year ended 31 March, compared with ZAR93m (US$6.9m) o...
Mozambique customs service seizes 1440t of cement at border
The Mozambican customs service has defended the seizure on 2 June of 28,800 sacks of cement (1440t) imported from South Africa, despite the insistence by the importing company, ...
Investors urged to finance Dangote and Lafarge Africa growth
Following last month's approval of a NGN9.1trn (US$25bn) budget for 2018, Nigeria is set to go on a massive infrastructure spending spree. Eager to be at the forefront of cement...
Gebr Pfeiffer delivers first MVR mill to South Africa
Osho Cement, in a joint venture with HeidelbergCement, is building a new MVR grinding plant in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The MVR 3750 C-4 mill will be supplied by Gebr Pfeif...
AfriSam sponsors Biodiversity category at Eco-Logic Awards
South Affrican cement producer, AfriSam is sponsoring an award for the Biodiversity Category in the 2018 Eco-Logic Awards. The Enviropaedia Eco-Logic Awards, introduced in 2011,...
Lafarge Africa records sales increase in 2017
A NGN33bn (US$105m) write-down on Lafarge Africa’s operations in South Africa and Nigeria resulted in a wider loss for 2017, according to Reuters. The one-off impairment charge ...
Sephaku Cement posts 16% fall in profits in 2017
Dangote-owned Sephaku Cement has posted a 16 per cent drop in its full-year profit, despite revenue increasing by 3.7 per cent to ZAR2.37bn (US$201.1m) in 2017. The South Africa...
FLSmidth acquires Sandvik Mining Sytems
FLSmidth has announced that its acquisition of Sandvik Mining Systems has been finalised. The deal will see the integration of continuous surface mining and minerals handling te...