Africa & The Middle East

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.

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.