MACCEM to build 0.56Mta cement grinding unit
Mackie Building Materials' sister company, MACCEM Industries Ltd, is planning to build a 0.56Mta cement plant in Hastings, Freetown, Sierra Leone. The International Finance Corp...
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Dangote Cement advances post-tax profit by 11% in 2024
Dangote Cement plc reported a 62.2 per cent increase in its group revenue to NGN3.58trn in 2024. Group volumes edged up by 1.6 per cent YoY to 27.708Mt as Nigerian volumes were ...
BUA Cement doubles revenue in 2024
BUA Cement plc doubled its revenue to NG876.5bn (US$584.3m) in 2024 from NGN460bn in the prior year. Profit before tax increased 48.2 per cent to NGN99.6bn in 2024 from NGN67.2b...
East Africa Portland Cement to begin KES1.9bn loan repayment to Kenyan government
East Africa Portland Cement Co (EAPC) is finalising an agreement with the Kenyan government to commence repayment of a KES1.9bn (US$21.9m) loan originally sourced from the Overs...
Senegal cement deliveries contract 5% in December but stable in 2024
Cement sales in Senegal declined by 5.4 per cent to 603,400t in December 2024 from 638,100t in December 2023, according to data published by Senegal’s Planning and Economic Poli...
Lagos State partners with Lafarge Africa on waste-to-energy initiative
The Lagos State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Lafarge Africa Plc for the collection of non-recyclable combustible waste across the state and lan...
Dangote Chairman claims Nigerian government thrives on profitable private sector
The Chairman of Dangote Group , Aliko Dangote, has said the government is taking 52 per cent of its income from his company, Dangote Cement Plc. He cites the substantial private...
Unitherm-Cemcon commission Côte d'Ivoire burner
Unitherm Cemcon has commissioned a new 35MW multi-fuel burner in the Côte d'Ivoire. The Austrian burner company has commissioned a MAS Disc Technology ® kiln burner in a 1200tpd...
Government reduces Côte d’Ivoire cement price
Côte d’Ivoire’s government lowered the price of a tonne of cement by XOF7000 (US$11.12) by decree on 26 December 2024, according to local press reports. The price change applies...
BUA Cement drives industrial growth in Edo State
BUA Cement is transforming Okpella, Edo State, Nigeria, into a centre of industrial activity. Plans are underway to increase BUA Cement’s production capacity to 20Mta by 2027. S...