Africa & The Middle East

The relaxing of the ban comes as Saudi Arabia’s construction industry is suffering from the impact of lower oil prices.

PPC has joined forces with COSAFA to sponsor the region's Under-20 championship in 2016.

Sika has seen growth through 1Q16

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has been shortlisted for the Africa investor Infrastructure Project Developer Awards 2016

According to Timetric’s CIC Centre, global airport construction activity continues to be high

Tebodin in Qatar has won a 4-year framework contract from Qatar Foundation.

The emerging world will continue to outperform the advanced economies.

Tenova has announced that it has successfully completed the demerger of its EPCM business operations

The Israeli authorities have not officially told the Palestinian traders about the decision.

ARM Cement expects to conclude talks on a foreign investor taking a US$140 million stake in the company by 15 April.

AUMUND Fördertechnik GmbH has received the order for delivery of a substantial package of machines

The dry bulk market will keep on suffering however, at least until the start of 2017 and possibly well after that.

According to the Q1 2016 update of Timetric’s Construction Risk Index, risk has risen marginally across the 50 countries covered.

LafargeHolcim is confident that a rally will continue in emerging markets even as others see raw materials faltering.

The Turkish company Çimsa Cimento ordered 24 Aumund machines for the mill at Çimsa.