Africa & The Middle East

The size of containerships has rapidly growing in the last couple of years with new ships being built in the league of 18 000 - 20 000 TEU.

A TEC has supported Nova Cimangola during the construction of a greenfield cement plant.

HeidelbergCement has received 454 applications for its research competition.

Cemex Egypt has held an event to celebrate the opening of a new warehouse

Turner & Townsend has appointed Simon Trafford to the role of Director and Country Manager for Oman.

Nigeria's stock index increased by 1.41% on 29 February, supported by investors' interest in the shares of Dangote Cement.

Mondi’s full-year earnings increased 25% due to higher selling prices and the positive impact of weakening-emerging market currencies.

Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index increased for the tenth straight session on 25 February.

Sika has announced its results for FY15

East African Portland Cement is expecting its profit to fall by more than 25% in the financial year ending 30 June.

Winners were offered a set of valuable prizes and rewards that included the latest smart phones as well as golden coins.

South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers and a local unit of LafargeHolcim have reached a deal over salary improvements.

ECARU will supply Ethiopia’s Messebo Cement Company with an environmentally friendly and cost-efficient alternative solid fuel.

JP21 Project will see a number of concrete cricket pitches and practice nets built in under-resourced primary schools in the Cape.

LafargeHolcim has announced that a South African union representing about 800 striking workers has accepted an 8% pay increase.