Africa & The Middle East

Cementir continued to reap the benefit of acquisitions made last year, announcing cement sales up 26.2% in 3Q17.

HeidelbergCement saw cement and clinker sales up 2% in 3Q17 on positive reports from all geographies except North and East Europe and Central Asia.

The Dande quarry has had to withdraw from the Quarry Life Award due to safety concerns.

Titan Group faced extreme weather in the US and challenging markets elsewhere in 3Q17, but remains positive over the year to date on US growth.

LafargeHolcim’s Asia Pacific business saw earnings fall on a like-for-like basis in 3Q17, despite a positive performance in India.

Oman Cement is continuing its programme of improvement with plans to upgrade its power plant.

An order for a 12 000 tph cement plant in North Africa has become effective, after several conditions – including receipt of the down payment by FLSmidth – were met.

Oman Cement has reported solid results for first nine months of the year, despite challenging market conditions.

Sika has opened a new production facility in Angola.

LafargeHolcim reported a solid rise in like-for-like cement sales in 3Q17, while earnings benefitted from growth in the Americas and Europe.

LafargeHolcim has become the latest big-name cement maker to be linked with South Africa’s largest cement maker, PPC.

The Chairman of Dangote Cement will step down at the end of 2017.

Dangote Cement has maintained its strong hold on the Nigerian Cement market.

LafargeHolcim inaugurated the new CILAS cement plant in Algeria on 17 October.

Start-up of new cement mills at Arabian Cement Co.'s Rabigh cement plant in Saudi Arabia has been delayed again.