Africa & The Middle East

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.

Nigerian conglomerate BUA Group is currently undergoing talks with China's Sinoma to build two cement plants in East Africa.

Cemex announced the winning contractors from the El Menya governorate who participated in the Collect & Win competition.

PPC has announced the redeployment and promotion of a number of its staff members.

The global gypsum market is valued at US$1.49 billion in 2016.

Challenging market conditions impacted the financial performance in 2015.

Estanda has announced that it has successfully completed a project that aimed to increase the production of clinker in Lafarge Tanzania’s cement plant.

A new report by Timetric’s Construction Intelligence Centre (CIC) indicates that Qatar’s construction has grown, driven by the National Vision 2030

Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index registered a new all-time low on 8 February on muted vessel demand.

Dangote Cement shares jumped 7.8% after the company announced it plans to build new cement plants in Nigeria.