Africa & The Middle East

An insight into how South Africa’s cement industry is developing on the back of new infrastructure projects.

Last week, Hima Cement began operations at its new plant in Uganda.

Qatar National Cement Company has come in with a marginal increase in after-tax gains for this year’s first half results compared with the same period last year.

According to reports, a new 1.6 million tpa cement plant will be built by a three-way joint venture of Angolan and international investors.

ASEC Cement begins production at greenfield plant in Sudan. The most technologically advanced plant in Sudan will satisfy fast-growing domestic demand, helping Sudan ease cement imports that currently stand at 3 million tpa.

ASEC Engineering, a Portfolio Company of ASEC Holding, has signed a contract with Alsalam Cement Production Company (ACPC) to manage a cement plant near Atbara, Sudan.

Yanbu Cement Co., Saudi Arabia, has revealed that the fire that broke out on the company’s fourth production line on Monday will only have a minor impact on the company’s operations

Hima Cement revealed that its US$ 108 million cement plant in western Uganda will be commissioned in October.

The Dangote Group has invested in a new packaging plant in Ghana and has positioned its subsidiary in Nigeria to become an export hub.

Brazilian energy ministers cooperate with the Mozambican government on energy study.

Lee Building Materials Ltd, China, is planning the construction of a US$ 12.5 million cement plant in Tanzania in September.

Continuing its bid for internationalisation, Camargo Correa Cimentos has acquired a controlling stake in Cimentos de Nacala in Mozambique.

The Nigerian conglomerate Dangote is investing R779 million in Sephaku Cement, in South Africa.

Tanzania’s president, Jakaya Kikwete has challenged the country’s cement producers to continue to increase their production capacities.

FLSmidth has signed a contract worth €32.1 million (approximately DKK239 million) with Administración Nacional De Combustibles, Alcohol y Portland (ANCAP), a state-owned Uruguayan company. This follows two Tunisian contracts announced on 21st May.