Africa & The Middle East

Press reports indicate that Ethiopia’s Prime Minister will perform the opening ceremony.

Cemengal has announced a number of new orders for its grinding stations and Plug&Grind® system in South America, the Middle East and Africa.

Rockwell Automation has announced the appointment of Thomas Donato as President for the EMEA region.

The Nigerian cement manufacturer has announced 19 new projects to support the communities close to the Ibese cement plant.

Typically cement has been supplied to the market in traditional paper sacks but this may be about to change.

PPC has published its unaudited results for the half-year ended 31 March 2015.

Unicem is providing a long-term credit line for the scheme, which will help support individual homebuilders.

The Namibian cement company has won the Environmental Excellence Among Industries Award from Namibia’s Environmental Investment Fund.

The Nigerian cement company is seeing the benefit of its additional cement production capacity across Sub-Saharan Africa.

The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa has recommended that SARS impose provisional anti-dumping duties on Portland cement originating from Pakistan.

Ahmed Methlouthi, Ministry of Trade, Tunisia, provides an overview of the Tunisian cement industry.

The Egyptian company, which owns ASEC Cement, has been divesting non-core assets as it transforms its business model.

Rwandan cement producer CIMERWA has unveiled new product packaging and a new corporate identity.

In a new report, the World Bank has laid out the steps that will need to be taken to achieve zero net emissions by 2100, saying they exist and they are affordable if action is taken now.

General contractor Chengdu Design & Research Institute of Building Materials Industry Co. Ltd has ordered an MPS 3070 BC mill from Gebr. Pfeiffer SE on behalf of Saudi Arabia-based Readymix.