Africa & The Middle East

Lafarge Africa has announced its results for FY16, reporting progress on its turnaround plan.

Titan Group recorded a significant increase in net profit in 2016 on the back of growth in the US and a recovery in Egypt.

Rent-A-Drum has inaugurated its RDF processing plant, in partnership with Ohorongo Cement.

Foreign cement companies in Ethiopia are being asked to allow unemployed youths to control their pumice mines.

PPC’s new Barnet plant in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is supporting a number of initiatives to improve the lives of local residents.

Loesche has supplied five mills to SARL Biskria Ciment in Algeria.

The Nigerian government has praised Dangote Cement for its role in making Nigeria self-sufficient in its production of cement.

The start-up of a coal mill and waste co-processing activities at Cimpor’s Alexandria operations allows the company to stop using fuel oil and natural gas, reducing fuel costs.

Tabuk Cement has joined the growing ranks of Saudi cement makers to look to the export market to relieve domestic market woes.

LafargeAfrica has launched its first Sustainability Report, benchmarked against GRI G4.

Ohorongo Cement has signed a corporation agreement with NCCI Otijwarongo.

Nigeria-based Dangote Cement saw cement sales of 2 million tpy from its Mugher plant in Ethiopia – including some exports.

Heavy rainfall hit cement demand in South Africa in the first two months of 2017, while prices remain under pressure in the region on the back of capacity increases.

Dangote Cement appears to have pushed back plans to open cement production facilities in Kenya to 2020/2021 – but could continue to import into the East African country from its Ethiopian plant.

Dagnote Cement will begin construction of a coal-fired power plant in Tanzania to supply electricity to its new 3 million tpy cement plant in Mtwara.