Africa & The Middle East

At the International Conference on the Emergence of Africa, delegates adopted a Declaration to improve Africa’s economic prospects.

An expanded version of the Level 1 award in health and safety in construction has been launched.

Qatar Primary Materials Company has signed a memorandum of understanding with Rent-A-Port for the development of a jetty and limestone and gabbro quarries in Oman.

Dangote Cement has built a 2.5 million tpy cement plant in Ethiopia, some 85 km west of Addis Ababa.

New report dispels myth that companies purchase carbon offsets to “buy their way out” of taking responsibility for their contributions to climate change.

Namibia’s Ohorongo Cement has donated beds to Altersheim Elkin-Delk Otjiwarongo, Otjiwarongo State Hospital and Tsumeb Private Hospital.

PPC is the Anchor Sponsor of the 2015 Fulton Awards. Organised by the Concrete Society of Southern Africa (CSSA), the awards recognise excellence in the concrete construction industry.

Lafarge Africa’s Ashakacem has successfully completed its MTO, with the majority of shareholders accepting the offer.

The 1.5 million tpy cement plant in Maisati has been delayed by heavy rains and permitting, but is said to be ready to begin production by the end of the month.

Siemens has reached agreements with the Egyptian government on a 4.4 GW combined-cycle power plant and 2 GW of wind power capacity.

Following in the footsteps of Lucky Cement, Pakistan’s Attock Cement is set to invest in a cement grinding unit in Iraq.

Lafarge Africa recorded an 8% increase in profit after tax on a like-for-like basis.

On 5 and 6 March, HeidelbergCement held inauguration ceremonies for its new 1.5 million tpy Scantogo clinker plant in Togo and the 0.8 million tpy Cimburkina cement grinding plant in Burkina Faso.

According to a new report by Timetric’s Construction Intelligence Centre (CIC), the major economies in the Middle East and Africa plan to invest US$717 billion in power generation projects over the next few years.

ASEC Engineering has signed an O&M contract with National Cement Share Company for its plant in Dire Dawa.