Africa & The Middle East

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Bursa Çimento Fabrikasi A.S. is upgrading its Bursa cement plant in order to reduce CO2 emissions and keep energy consumption to a minimum.

AUMUND will supply machines and Silo Discharge Gates to Bilim Makina A.S for a new kiln line at Baherden Cement in Turkmenistan.

Turkey’s trade deficit grew by 155.2% year-on-year (YoY) in May 2022, driven by a relative rise in the value of imports to exports owing primarily to a steep increase in the cost of imported energy.

MSG Group of Companies through its DIFC Dubai based subsidiary company Horn Holding Group ltd (HHG) has signed an agreement with Bedeschi SPA for the construction of phase 1 of a full cement plant which will take about 18 months with an installed production capacity of 700 000 tpy of cement.

Cimencam (Holcim Group) will expand production at its plant in Figuil, in the north of Cameroon, and use Gebr. Pfeiffer's energy-efficient MVR mills for grinding raw material and cement.

The World Cement Association (WCA) announced today that Maweni Limestone, subsidiary of Huaxin Cement Group, has joined the international network as a Corporate Member.

Owing to ongoing economic instability in the form of high inflation, currency depreciation and rising prices for energy and construction materials, Egypt’s construction industry growth is expected to stand at 9.7% in real terms in 2022, following an 8.5% growth in 2021, found GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

Holcim and the Norman Foster Foundation are partnering to rethink emergency shelters to turn them into sustainable and resilient homes.

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The world’s attention is set on decarbonisation efforts in the region in light of upcoming COP27 in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt and 2023’s COP28 in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

The acquired production lines will increase Mondi’s capacity by around 150 –180 million bags annually and strengthen the company's position in the Egyptian paper bag market.

The company has installed its distributed control system (DCS) automation platform to upgrade three grinding units at Star Super Cement in Dubai, UAE.

The order includes the world’s largest gas suspension calciner system and a complete grinding station adding another 120% grinding capacity.

The company chose Infor CloudSuite to empower its digital path and optimise delivery against a surging demand for cement boards across the UAE.