Africa & The Middle East

East African Portland Cement Company is partnering with the Kenya Alliance of Resident Associations to launch a forum to help prevent shoddy construction.

Dangote Group, Nigeria, has commissioned a new cement plant in Ethiopia. It represents an investment of approximately N.94.5 billion (US$480 million) and is located in the Mugher district.

Cemex, the International Union for the Conservative nature (IUCN), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), and the WILD foundation join to promote protection of natural sites.

African Natural Resources Center (ANRC) seek comments and recommendations from stakeholders in order to better advise African countries on how to effectively utilise natural resources.

Operational results were good for the Egyptian company, which increased capacity utilisation and sales volumes in the January – March quarter, but net profits fell due to higher costs.

The African Development Bank initiative aims to identify key areas of intervention in order to provide better assistance in the management of renewable and non-renewable natural resources.

At the recent AGM in Lagos, shareholders approved a dividend of 360 kobo per ordinary share, a 9% increase from the 2013 dividend.

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.