Africa & The Middle East

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.

The Egyptian government is predicting a US$30 billion investment in the country’s coal industry over the next five years, as industry switches from gas to coal.

The company is currently embarking on a project to quadruple its capacity through debottlenecking its existing line and adding a new line.

Africa’s construction industry has vast potential, but innovation is needed to realise it, says Alta Walker, PPC.

Over 250 people attended the two-day event, which provided training, education and raised awareness of supporting standards for construction.

An infographic on the cement industry in Africa and the Middle East, the subject of the regional report in World Cement’s May 2015 issue.