Africa & The Middle East

Vortex Global Ltd, a solids and bulk handling components company, has appointed ALRIAD International Agencies & Trading as its new representative agent for Egypt.

The company acted as the main cement supplier to the project, which is expected to provide irrigation water for 690 000 hectares of agricultural land as well as water and renewable energy to a number of cities.

Nigerian cement company, BUA Group, is to build a new cement plant in Ebonyi, Nigeria, as it continues its expansion in the West African country.

BI has supplied KÖBO chains to South African cement producers.

Lafarge Africa will install a new Loesche coal mill at its Ewekoro cement plant in Nigeria to facilitate its switch from gas to local lignite and petcoke.

LafargeHolcim group company in East Africa, Bamburi Cement, was hit by challenging market conditions in Kenya and Uganda in 1H18.

Vortex Global Ltd has appointed Renene CPE Service as its agent for the UAE, Oman, and Qatar.

The Israeli Commissioner for Trade Levies has recommended the imposition of anti-dumping duties on cement imports from Turkey and Greece.

A recent white paper prepared by GlobalData predicts construction output in the ASEAN region will increase by 6% annually between 2018 and 2022.

Titan will increase its involvement in its 50-50 joint venture with the Cem Sak Group in Turkey.

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.