Africa & The Middle East

The JETFLEX® PLUS burner is the first to be installed in the LafargeHolcim Group, and will be used at the company’s Fujairah plant in the United Arab Emirates.

InterCement expects to list its European and African cement operations next year in move it expects to raise €1.5 billion.

JSW Cement, a subsidiary of JSW Group based in Mumbai, is investing US$150 million into a new 1 million tpy clinker facility in Fujairah, UAE.

An update from CW Research shows that in July, prices for bulk ordinary Portland cement and for prompt deliveries of bulk ordinary grade clinker remained flat in the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea region.

Qatar National Cement Co. and Fives FCB have signed the provisional acceptance certificate finalising the implementation of the fifth production line at the Umm Bab plant.

S&P Global Ratings has upgraded its rating on South African cement producer, PPC, to investment-grade zaA.

Miljan Gutovic, who joined the company this year, succeeds Saâd Sebbar.

The new line increases total capacity at the plant by 900 000 tpy to 2.4 million tpy.

The Nigerian conglomerate has expanded its Sokoto cement plant production capacity threefold.

German materials handling specialist, AUMUND Group, has received two new orders from Turkish cement companies, Dinçer Çimento and Askale Çimento

Turkish cement production continued its strong start to the year in February, increasing 84.18% year on year.

A third cement plant has been inaugurated by President Filipe Nyusi in the northern Mozambican city of Nacala.

Qatar National Cement’s Umm Bab plant has started clinker production on its fifth line, which was supplied by French engineering company, Fives.

Nigerian cement company, Ibeto Cement, has signed a financing agreement with New York-based private equity company, Milost Global.

CEMEX is to supply cement and concrete to major Egyptian infrastructure projects, including two tunnels under the Suez Canal to link the Sinai Peninsula with mainland Egypt.