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Gabon sees 42% hike in cement output in 2017

Gabon reported a 42 per cent increase to 487,000t in cement production in 2017 when compared with 341,351t in 2016, ...

Cimentos de Moçambique shuts down Matola plant

Cimentos de Moçambique has shut down its 0.25Mta grinding plant in Matola, reportedly due to the fact that the compa...

Namibia cement demand remains weak

Competition between cement producers has brought down prices as domestic demand remains fairly low when compared wit...

Umm Al Qura Cement Q1 doubles profit in 1Q19

Saudi cement producer Umm Al Qura saw its first-quarter net profit, after tax and zakat, more than doubled to SAR21....

Yanbu Cement sees net profit surge 81% in 1Q19

Saudi Arabia’s Yanbu Cement Co has reported an 81.3 per cent YoY rise in net profit for the first quarter of 2019, i...

Philippine DTI: no price cap on cement for now

The Philippine Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has rejected the call for a price cap on local cement at prese...

Saudi Cement Co sees 7% decline in 1Q net profit

Saudi Cement Co reported a 6.9 per cent YoY fall in its net profit in the 1Q19. After taxes and zakat, net profit re...

Caribbean Cement reports 237% increase in net profit

Jamaica’s Caribbean Cement Co Ltd has announced a two per cent YoY revenue increase to JMD4.45bn (US$33.35m) for the...

Colombian cement market advances 7% in March

Grey cement production in Colombia increased seven per cent YoY to 1.14Mt in March 2019, according to the latest dat...

Ambuja Cement records 57% PAT increase in 1Q19

India’s Ambuja Cement Ltd (LafargeHolcim) has announced its stand-alone results for the 1Q19, recording a 57 per cen...