Africa & The Middle East

The change of name was approved by shareholders at the company's 70th AGM held on 10th June 2021.

The cement plant is the first in the South Caucasus region, including Azerbaijan, to receive an API (American Petroleum Institute) certificate.

The two stringent global quality norms validate RCC’s adherence to EU standards in cement production.

The industry is expected to recover in 2021, with an expected real growth rate of 3.9%, driven by a sharp recovery in output levels compared to periods when works were not permitted or were severely restricted in 2020, says GlobalData.

The vertical mill type MVR 6000 C-6 with an installed gear power of 6800 kW will be used in the second line of the Cim Metal Group in the Bobo-Dioulasso plant in Burkina Faso.

The Lagos State Waste Management Agency (LAWMA) has applauded the environmental sustainability efforts of Geocycle, Nigeria’s first fully-fledged professional waste management service provider.

The company has received an order for an extension line and an upgrade of the existing line at Cimasso Cement Grinding Plant.

In a new contract signed earlier this year, CBMI Construction Co., Ltd., part of the Sinoma Group, ordered the supply and engineering of three complete control systems for two existing and one new cement line at Kirene in Senegal.

Winners have been chosen in the seventh Lafarge Africa National Essay Competition in Nigeria with the theme ‘Building the Nigeria of my dreams’.

The company recently earmarked a total of CHF 5.3 million to change its current Electrostatic Precipitator (ESP) to a bag house in its Ewekoro plant.

The company has launched a new product on the market – Fundi Masonry Cement, which is a specially formulated cement for plastering, brick laying and mortar works.

The company’s energy policy has made it possible to make new improvements to the environmental behaviour of the Sant Vicenç dels Horts factory.

The technology group Wärtsilä has signed a five-year Operation and Maintenance agreement with the Saudi Arabian cement producer Umm AlQura Cement Co.

Energy Recovery Ltd, an associated company of Vassiliko Cement Works, recently commissioned a Lindner shredder from the Polaris series to shred high-calorific refuse derived fuels (RDF) at a Cyprus cement plant.

The company has supplied Oman Cement Company with its ABB Ability™ System 800xA which will optimise performance on OCC’s three process lines.