Africa & The Middle East

BIMCO has released its latest dry bulk market report.

FLSmidth has signed an EPC contract worth over €200 million, with the Algerian cement producer SARL Amouda Ingineering

The new trailer-based, diesel-powered machines are fitted with a double bellows system and dust filters.

Timetric reveals the results of a survey into the significant factors affecting the choice of contractors and sub-contractors.

UniCem has launched a Community Business Enhancement Initiative tagged ‘Cassava Cluster Scheme’.

Global demand for cement and concrete additives is forecast to grow 7.2% per year through 2019 to US$24.0 billion.

Diamond Cement has complained to the government regarding undue competition from Nigeria's Dangote cement in Ghana.

The CHRYSO group has completed its acquisition of Doha based company Corrotech Qatar.

Cemengal has announced the startup of a new Plug&Grind for LafargeHolcim Zambia.

FLSmidth has signed a contract with Arabian Cement Company.

Local cement makers are claiming cement imports from Nigeria and China are flooding the market.

Ahmed Keikal, Chairmand and Founder of Qalaa Holdings, has participated in a CEO panel on day 1 of the World Economic Forum.

The overall index, which gauges the cost of shipping dry bulk including cement, ended unchanged at 354 points.

The negative indicators seen at the end of 2014 were not overcome in 2015.

BIMCO expects transported volumes to diminish as they traditionally do from the fourth quarter to the first.