Africa & The Middle East

The IFC has lent Iraq’s Kerbala Cement US$70 million to carry out renovation works.

Southern Province Cement Company has awarded Wartsila a contract for power plant expansion at its Tahama cement plant in Saudi Arabia.

Dangote Cement has announced plans to build a 1.5 million tpa cement plant in Pout, Senegal.

As suppliers struggle to meet increased domestic and export demands, cement prices climb dramatically.

Pretoria Portland Cement has purchased a controlling stake in Rwanda’s Cimerwa.

A brief summary of the recent amendment to the Kyoto Protocol, and an outlook on the implications it could have for the cement industry.

Calls by Tanzania’s cement industry for stricter controls on imports fall on deaf ears.

A rise in cheap cement imports has forced the temporary shutdown of Dangote’s Gboko plant in Nigeria.

The new plant would increase the company’s capacity in Angola to 1.8 million tpa.

The €16 million cement mill will add 1 million tpa to the Tema grinding plant.

Gebr. Pfeiffer is to supply a 450 tph MPS vertical roller mill for a cement plant in northern Iraq.

Disagreements over which government ministries should take responsibility for the assessment and implementation of pricing controls could delay action to be taken on the recommendations of the recent panel on competition within Israel’s cement market.

Gabriele Teutrine, Teutrine, Germany, presents a case study of a girth gear reversal. This is an abridged version of the full article, which appeared in the December 2012 issue of World Cement. Subscribers can view the full article by logging in.

After much deliberation, a government panel sitting on the issue of competition stimulation in the Israeli cement market reports its findings.

The report details reductions in dust and CO2 emissions.