Nigeria's MSM Group to build 12Mta plant in Kebbi
MSM Group, led by chairman Muazzam Mairawani, has announced plans to construct a state-of-the-art cement plant in Kebbi State costing about NGN900bn (US$600m) per phase, marking...
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Morocco’s cement dispatches up 10% in 8M25
According to the cement producers’ association, APC, Moroccan cement demand increased 6.5 per cent YoY to 1,347,858t in August 2025 when compared with August 2024, when 1,265,10...
Kohat Cement posts strong FY25 earnings despite lower sales
Kohat Cement Co Ltd (KOHC) has reported robust financial results for the fiscal year ending June 2025, with annual earnings rising 30 per cent year-on-year to PKR11.575bn (US$41...
Argentina’s cement market expands 8% in 8M25
Argentinian cement consumption slipped 0.4 per cent YoY and 0.2 per cent MoM to 886,079t in August 2025 from 889,908t in August 2024 and 887,586t in July 2025, according to the ...
Security personnel killed in BUA Cement truck ambush
BUA Group has strongly condemned a deadly ambush on 5 September near its cement facility in Okpella, Edo State. The incident claimed the lives of eight Nigeria Security and Civi...
Earnings down at Cementos Bio Bio as takeover deadline looms
Cementos Bio Bio (CBB) reported a sharp decline in earnings and revenues for 1H25, just one week before the close of a takeover bid by Belgian industrial minerals group Carmeuse...
Libya starts work on US$600m cement plant
Officials in western Libya have laid the foundation stone for a new US$600m cement plant in Nalut, marking a major investment in the country’s industrial sector. The facility, l...
Kenyan cement industry reports strong 1H25
Kenya’s cement industry registered its fastest half-year expansion since 2023, with production rising 17.3 per cent in 1H25, official data shows. Output climbed to 4.85Mt from 4...
ACA warns of muted US homebuilding outlook for 1H26
The American Cement Association (ACA) expects homebuilding activity in the United States to remain subdued until at least the first half of 2026, as high mortgage rates, stretch...
UK cement production plummets to 75-year low
UK cement production has dropped to its lowest level since 1950, according to new figures from the Mineral Products Association (MPA), raising serious concerns about the future ...