Africa & The Middle East

Hangzhou HOTA M&E Company has successfully bid for the bucket elevators and chain conveyors of two lines of Biskra Cement in Algeria.

On 4–5 October 2016, Dubai will host CMT’s 11th MiddleEast CemenTrade delegates.

LafargeHolcim is considering withdrawing from several markets as part of its efforts to make last year's mega-merger a success.

FLSmidth has signed another contract with Wadi El Nile Cement Company.

The shipyards have become the next victim of the deteriorating conditions in the dry bulk market.

Dangote Cement has announced its plan to start mining coal at Ankpa, Kogi State, in November.

Facts taken from The October issue of World Cement.

Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote’s fortune has fallen by 35% this year.

Société de Maintenance de l’Est awarded a contract to Claudius Peters Projects for the supply of two identical packing plants.

In December 2015 Intercem was awarded a contract by Lafarge-Holcim for the turn-key-supply of a hot gas system for a coal mill in Chekka.

Siwertell, part of Cargotec, has secured its fourth road-mobile unloader order from Turkish cement specialist, Muhammet Gümüstas.

Dangote Cement has raised the price of cement in Nigeria after a devaluation in the naira and disruptions to its natural-gas supply.

Severe overcapacity in the market and recently agreed contract rates on the transpacific trade lanes keeps pressure high on the liner companies.

Growth expectations for global GDP have come down by 0.1 percentage point for both 2016 and 2017.

Magotteaux has signed a significant contract for the supply of two full cement lines.