Africa & The Middle East

Gebr. Pfeiffer has been awarded a contract by BMIC.

Global lime producer, Carmeuse, is to take over management of a lime plant and quarry in Zambia from 1 July.

Six MAN 32/40 gensets have been supplied to power a new cement factory in Samawah, Iraq.

Elkon has supplied two compact concrete plants to a company in Tunisia.

Loesche will deliver 18 new vertical roller mills for the new plant at Beni Suef, Egypt.

Société Saoura ciment switches to MVR mill from Gebr. Pfeiffer for its new production line.

Turkish cement producer, Çimsa, is to invest US$170 million this year upgrading two of its cement plants.

FLSmidth has signed a contract to construct a huge new cement plant in North Africa.

Kuwait cement demand is forecast to return to growth in 2017, after falling 1.2% in 2016.

Qalaa Holding’s subsidiaries have completed the sale of 100% of ASEC Ciment Algerie.

Libyan Cement Co. is making plans to restart its cement plants in Benghazi, Libya, which were heavily damaged last year during fighting in the region.

Egyptian cement maker, Arabian Cement Co., is to invest in three new projects to reduce production costs and improve production efficiency.

Fives has installed the first of three cement mills at the 6000 tpd clinker production line in Chlef, Algeria.

Cemex has reported a consolidated net sales increase of 6% for 1Q17.

An FCB B mill for raw meal grinding has been successfully installed at Qatar National Cement Co.’s new cement production line.