African Forum checks dynamics of cement prices
Zambia has recently recorded intermittent increases in the cost of cement, prompting government to call for additional private investment in the industry. The Competition and...
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Dangote: new capacity development update
Full-year results from Dangote Cement show the company has been outperforming growth in its domestic market of Nigeria as new capacity boosts market share. With a number of ...
PPC expansion on track
PPC has said its expansion remains well on track and commissioning of its Rwanda plant is anticipated at the end of 2014. Construction work has also commenced at sites in Ethio...
Sephaku launches production at Delmas plant
Sephaku Cement began commercial production at its Delmas grinding plant on 6 January 2014 following a successful commissioning phase, Sephaku Holdings has announced. The Delma...
ARM awaits board approval for South African project
ARM Cement is still awaiting board approval for the construction of a new cement plant in South Africa, the company's managing director, Pradeep Paunrana, has said. Mafikeng ...
PPC gets competition tribunal go-ahead for Safika Cement acquisition
PPC’s previously-announced acquisition of South African blended cement producer Safika Cement has been unconditionally approved by the country’s Competition Tribunal. An agr...
Sephaku Cement grinding project on-track
Sephaku Cement said its new grinding plant near Delmas in Mpumalanga, South Africa, is 95 per cent complete and is on-track to start production early in the new year. The 1.4M...
Dangote
Sales growth at Dangote Cement continues to outpace the Nigerian cement market with group sales volumes up 29.5 per cent to 9.95Mt, compared to the same period last year. Pre-t...
PPC
Despite rising electricity prices and depreciation pushing up input costs, South Africa’s PPC has posted an eight per cent rise in EBITDA to ZAR2500m (US$244m) for the year end...
South Africa: Sephaku to start Lichtenburg quarry
Sephaku Cement is scheduled to start quarry operations near Lichtenburg, South Africa, early in the New Year. A contractor for the mining work is still to be named, but Pieter ...