Africa & The Middle East

Dry bulk contracting comes to a halt while demolition is on the rise.

Sandvik Construction has reported that Victoria Equipment is its new distributor in Uganda.

The company chose a set of vital projects in the big cities of Upper Egypt to install branded signs at their construction sites.

GFH Financial Group has agreed to sell a 10% stake in Bahraini cement producer Falcon Cement Co to Integrated Capital.

Residential building applications for aggregates will be driven by upturns in the housing markets of developed countries.

PPC has announced the Overall Winner of the PPC Imaginarium Awards

ARM Cement is in talks with a foreign development-finance institution about taking a stake in the company.

South African cement company PPC’s sales increased by 2% while they declined in international businesses.

Suez Cement is working to minimise the impact of Egypt’s dollar shortage on its operations and has no plans to withdraw from the country.

Kenya's Bamburi Cement posted a 46% rise in full-year pretax profit to US$83.51 million.

A new report from Timetric’s CIC has investigated the Nigerian construction industry.

Egypt has been struggling to revive its economy since the uprising in 2011.

Orascom Construction has won US$200 million of building contracts in Algeria and Egypt.

The escalating demand for low cost housing in Namibia has reached a crisis point and requires urgent assistance.

SFS has released research examining how global manufacturers are using innovative finance to seize market opportunities