Africa & The Middle East

The company’s Managing Director attributed the feat to a keen focus on safety and identifying potential incidents and mitigating them.

Weak demand in Egypt and margin pressure in Sub-Saharan Africa marked HeidelbergCement’s results in Africa in 2017.

FLSmidth is to supply a 12 000 tpd integrated cement plant to ETHRB Group in Algeria in partnership with Beijing Triumph Engineering.

CEMEX reported a challenging year in its Asia, Middle East and Africa business on weakness in the key Egyptian and Filipino markets.

thyssenkrup are to supply a production line for a LafargeHolcim cement plant in Morocco.

Wärtsilä and Najran Cement Company renew three year agreement for the installation of two new power plants.

PPC, a South African cement producer, appoints permanent CEO.

LafargeHolcim is to supply customised cement for port construction projects in Ecuador and Morocco.

South Africa’s largest cement maker announced higher year-on-year revenues and earnings in the nine months to the end of 2017.

PPC’s pan-African operations delivered promising performance in 2017, with sales up in Rwanda and Zimbabwean and increased market share in DRC.

PPC’s South African business saw volumes fall in 2017, as demand in South Africa remains muted.

PPC has agreed a two-year capital repayment moratorium on the project finance loan for its recently-completed cement plant in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Ohorongo Cement has donated cement to assist the construction of permanent housing for members of the Shack Dwellers Federation Namibia.

PPC is to remain an independent company, after it rebuffed its final suitor, Swiss multinational, LafargeHolcim.

Canadian company, Fairfax Africa Investments, has withdrawn its offer for a partial stake in PPC, effectively ending the chances of a merger between South Africa’s two largest cement makers, PPC and AfriSam.