Africa & The Middle East

Qalaa Holdings is in preliminary negotiations for the sale of its stake in Rift Valley Railways.

Two Kenyan cement companies are seeking approval to increase their installed cement grinding capacities as to meet rising demand in the country.

Simba Cement is opposing a power tariff hike in Tanzania.

LafargeHolcim Egypt will source 96% of its fuel requirements domestically by 2018 as it boosts its use of domestic petcoke and alternative fuels.

Growth in cement consumption and manufacture in Kenya has fallen in 3Q16 as construction sector growth slows downs sharply.

Yamama Cement has secured partial financing for a new cement plant east of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Cemex won silver at the Dubai Municipality’s new annual awards.

FLSmidth is pioneering the use of online support in the cement industry.

New browser-based platform with dramatic benefits for customers.

LafargeHolcim CEO to become new chairman of the Cement Sustainability Initiative in 2017.

The new base aims to improve Liebherr's services for customers in Saudi Arabia and neighbouring countries in the Middle East.

CBMI Construction Company has signed two contracts with LafargeHolcim Group in Uganda's capital Kampala.

The stake was bought from Islamic investment bank GFH Financial Group.

Tanzania and Dangote Cement have reached a deal on the supply of natural gas to the company's manufacturing plant in the East African country.

Three companies plan to invest as much as US$9.2 billion in Tanzanian cement production.