Brazilian cement demand falls 20% in May
Brazil’s cement market contracted by 20.3 per cent YoY in May from 4.503Mt to 3.588Mt (excluding imports), according to the latest data published by SNIC, the country's cement a...
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Dangote to list in London in 2019?
Dangote Cement is considering carrying out its long-planned listing of shares in London after the Nigerian presidential and parliamentary elections on 16 February 2019 and state...
LafargeHolcim reviewing sale of Indonesian assets
LafargeHolcim (Switzerland) is considering the sale of its Indonesian subsidiary, Holcim Indonesia, for a total consideration of US$2bn, according to Bloomberg and local reports...
Cameroon to build fifth cement plant
Cameroon-based Engineering Construction Manufacturing and Trading Ltd (ECMT) has announced the construction of a cement plant in Ebolowa (south) for a cost of CFA15bn (US$26.7m)...
Argentine domestic dispatches down 4% YoY in June
Argentina’s cement market contracted by 3.5 per cent to 970,978t in June 2018 from 1.007Mt in June 2017, according to the latest data from AFCP, the country’s cement association.
LafargeHolcim appoints new Head of Middle East/Africa
LafargeHolcim has appointed Miljan Gutovic as the Head of Region Middle East/Africa and Member of the Executive Committee of the Franco-Swiss building materials producer, effect...
Saudi cement sector expected to record revenue decline in 2Q18
Saudi Arabia’s cement sector is expected to record a fall in revenue in the 2Q18, according to Al Rajhi Capital. The companies monitored by Al Rajhi are expected to announce a r...
Bestway Cement starts dispatch from Farooqia Line II
Bestway Cement Ltd (BCL) has started dispatches of cement from its new Farooqia Line II, having clinker capacity of 6000tpd, at Hattar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Local supply commen...
Nigeria's CCNN and Kalambaina Cement to merge
The Board of Directors of Nigeria’s Cement Co of Northern Nigeria (CCNN) and owners of the 0.5Mta Sokoto cement plant have announced that it has informed the Nigerian Stock Exch...
Vietnam's Ministry of Construction develops 2030 industry strategy; country targets 5Mt annual growth
In his keynote address at Cemtech Asia 2018, Dr Nguyen Quang Cung, President of the Vietnam National Cement Association, highlighted the road ahead for the Vietnam cement indust...