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JSW Cement's growth plans

This week ICR reported on JSW Cement's project to construct a new 1.2Mta grinding plant in Kalinganagar Industrial Complex in Jajpur, Odisha, India. The Indian cement company has been expandi...
News - 28 September 2018

Lafarge Africa receives shareholder approval for NGN90bn rights issue

Lafarge Africa has received shareholder approval to raise NGN90bn (US$246.93m) of capital through a rights issue and to restructure its short-term shareholder loan. “The additional capital to b...
News - 27 September 2018

Dangote Cement

Dangote Cement has welcomed Brice Houeto as its new country director in Ghana. He succeeds Tor Nygard who has retired after two and a half years at the helm. Mr Houeto joins Dangote from Lafarge C...
Corporate - 26 September 2018

Europe’s positive prospects

Political developments across Europe have created considerable market uncertainty, due to potential policy changes unsettling the construction market. However, prospects for the region look widely...
Articles - 24 September 2018

Case dropped against LafargeHolcim's mining in East Khasi hills

The Meghalya High Court dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) against LafargeHolcim as being 'totally without merit' and 'tainted with ill design' against the company's mining of limestone ...
News - 21 September 2018

Zimbabwe's cement demand outpaces supply

Zimbabwe is facing a cement shortage due to demand temporarily outpacing supply. The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has demanded answers from the country's cement producers regarding t...
News - 07 September 2018

Building west African wealth

West Africa is a vast region that is attracting foreign investment and infrastructure development at a pace not seen before. The cement industry is part of this fast-growing drive and with new gri...
Articles - 05 September 2018

Lafarge Africa Plc orders Loesche coal mill

Lafarge Africa Plc  (LafargeHolcim) is erecting a new Loesche coal mill at its Ewekoro cement plant in Nigeria. The new mill will grind local lignite and petcoke. The mill has a grinding capacit...
News - 03 September 2018

Zimbabwe reportedly faces cement shortage

Zimbabwe has been hit by a cement shortage with PPC and Lafarge out of stock in most retail outlets and warehouses across the country, according to a report by The Herald. As a result, prices have...
News - 03 September 2018

Two Nigerian producers to raise capital funding of NGN250bn

Nigerian cement producers Dangote Cement Plc and Lafarge Africa Cement Plc have launched new capital raisers which are scheduled to conclude in 4Q18. Dangote Cement is raising NGN150bn (US$413....
News - 31 August 2018