Africa & The Middle East

Dangote Cement has ordered a Loesche VRM and related equipment for installation on line 7 of its Ibese plant in Nigeria.

Israeli authorities have agreed to permit a limited amount of cement, steel and gravel to enter the Gaza Strip.

Distributors for Dangote Cement are rewarded for their efforts at ceremony in Lagos.

4500 tpd cement plant to enter commissioning phase in October, helping to boost development in Kwanza Sul.

Dangote Cement is predicting 2Q13 revenue increase of 26% y/y.

New committee will look at cement production process to find ways to improve competitiveness.

The plant would take advantage of limestone deposits in the region and may be fed by a natural gas pipeline running from Temane.

Iraq is to build a new 5300 tpd cement plant, while exports of cement and clinker from Iran have risen by more than 40% y/y.

The announcement was made during a Kenya-Nigeria business forum, of which Aliko Dangote was chair.

A consortium of ASEC Cement and Iraqi company, Qemmet El-Iraq, will rehabilitate and manage the Muthanna Cement plant for the next 14 years.

Cement and steel demand continue to be high in Saudi Arabia, causing issues of supply, price and labour to come to the fore.

South Africa’s PPC Ltd was recognised at the Gender Mainstreaming Awards and the 16th Annual Business Day BASA Awards.

ASEC Cement has overcome economic and political challenges to start up this new 2 million tpa plant.

Tanzania’s cement industry has once again urged the government to reinstate import taxes that were scrapped in 2008, in order to protect the domestic industry.

Lafarge Cement Zambia has reported increased revenues on the back of strong domestic demand.