Cement price in Ziguinchor falls to XOF88,000
The Regional Consumer Council (CRC) of Ziguinchor (South), Senegal, set the sale price of cement at XOF88,000 (US$129.81)/t following a meeting with stakeholders. A bag of ceme...
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Empire Cement Factory under fire from local residents
The Empire Cement Factory (ECF) in Ghana is coming under pressure from local residents who claim the company is failing to adhere to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA...
CEMENCO drops its cement prices
Liberia-based CEMENCO has announced a drop in its cement prices. According to the company, the move is in keeping with recent action by the government of Liberia to adjust pe...
Dzata Cement calls for raw material VAT waiver
Ghana-based Dzata Cement has urged the government to grant waivers on VAT charged on cement raw materials. According to the Managing Director of Dzata Cement, Nana Phillip ...
Ghana raises cement prices
Cement prices in Ghana have risen to GHS73/50kg bag (US$7.30/50kg bag) as producers are forced to hike up prices due to the depreciation of the cedi. The resulting increase ...
What's driving Nigerian cement demand?
BUA Cement announced this week that it would seek finance from the International Finance Corp (IFC) for a 6Mta cement expansion of its Sokoto cement plant in Kalambaina, Nigeri...
BUA Cement looks to finance 6Mta expansion project
BUA Cement is in talks with US-based International Finance Corporation (IFC) to raise funds through a loan to expand its cement facility, the company said in a statement to...
Fuel and power costs soar in Nigeria
Dangote Cement and BUA Cement spent a combined NGN173.54bn (US$413.8m) on fuel and power in the first half of 2022, up 38.3 per cent on the same period a year earlier. Fuel...
BUA Cement achieves net revenue of NGN188.6bn in 1H22
BUA Cement reported net revenue in the 1H22 up 51.7 per cent to NGN188.6bn from NGN124.3bn (US$452m), compared to the corresponding period ended June 2021. This included a...
Cimtogo increases delivery prices
From August, HeidelbergCement -owned Cimtogo will increase its delivery costs. "The commercial management has decided to revise upwards the delivery prices of our products...