Senegal cement market contracts 12% in March
Cement sales in Senegal saw a 12.3 per cent drop in March 2025 to 556,589t when compared with March 2024 when domestic sales reached 634,954t, according to Senegal’s Planning an...
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Lafarge Africa facing lawsuit over planned Chinese sale
Lafarge Africa Plc has failed in its efforts to prevent the hearing of a lawsuit brought by a Nigerian company and shareholder attempting to stop its sale to Chinese company Hua...
BUA and Dangote freeze cement prices for Government project
Chairman of BUA Group , Abdul Samad Rabiu, on Thursday announced that the company has agreed to freeze the price of cement for all contractors engaged in projects under the Fede...
Vicat reports LfL stable 1Q consolidated sales
For the 1Q25 France-based Vicat has reported stable sales of EUR886m when compared on a like-for-like (LfL) basis. On a reported basis, sales were down 2.7 per cent YoY from EUR...
CBMI Construction receives PAC for Keur Moussa plant
CBMI Construction Co Ltd received the provisional acceptance certificate (PAC) for CIMAF’s 5000tpd cement line in Keur Moussa, Senegal, on 10 April 2025. The project was started...
Dangote Cement reports 86% surge in profit after tax
In its unaudited results for the 1Q25, Dangote Cement posted a 21.7 per cent YoY increase in revenue to NGN994.7bn (US$617.9m) from NGN817.4bn in the 1Q24. The company attribute...
BUA Cement reports net revenue of NGN290.9bn in unaudited 1Q25
BUA Cement Plc has released its 1Q25 unaudited financial statements. The results show a reported net revenue increase of 80.5 per cent to NGN290.9bn (US$180.3m) from NGN161.1bn ...
Ghana commissions 'world's largest' LC3 plant
Ghana has taken a major step towards cement self-sufficiency with the commissioning of a US$100m facility in the port city of Tema, described as the world’s largest limestone ca...
Clinker delays lead to cement shortage in Ghana
Ghana is currently experiencing a significant shortage of cement, with several retailers and customers raising concerns over the reduced availability of key brands. The shortage...
Senegalese cement market contracts 7% in February
Demand for cement declined by 6.6 per cent YoY to 589,600t in Senegal in February 2025 from 631,600t in February 2024, according to data published by Senegal’s Planning and Econ...