Cement News tagged under: Dangote Cement
African Forum checks dynamics of cement prices07 April 2014, Published under Cement NewsZambia has recently recorded intermittent increases in the cost of cement, prompting government to call for additional private investment in the industry. The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has disclosed that a market study has been carried out under the auspices of the African Competition Forum (ACF) and was simultaneously undertaken by Tanzania and South Africa. CCPC public relations officer, Hanford Chaaba, said that the findings on the study have since been ta... |
Dangote: new capacity development update28 March 2014, Published under Cement NewsFull-year results from Dangote Cement show the company has been outperforming growth in its domestic market of Nigeria as new capacity boosts market share. With a number of new projects scheduled for completion this year both on the home front and across the sub-Sahara Africa region, the emerging cement major is targeting 60Mta of production, grinding and import capacity by 2016. On Wednesday the company delivered its 2013 financial review highlighting that revenues rose by 22.4 per ... |
Dangote Cement revenue rises 29.4%27 March 2014, Published under Cement NewsDangote Cement, Nigeria’s largest cement company saw revenues rise 29.4 per cent last year to nearly NGN386.2bn (US$2.45bn), backed by 28.2 per cent growth in domestic volumes. In Nigeria, revenue from cement operations (including haulage revenue) rose by 30.1 per cent YoY to nearly NGN371.6bn. Dangote Cement Ghana Ltd contributed revenue of NGN14.1bn in 2013, an increase of nearly 15.2 per cent on 2012. At group level, gross profits rose by 35.3 per cent to NGN243.7bn. Consolidated gr... |
Senegal cement battle looms24 March 2014, Published under Cement NewsAliko Dangote, Nigeria's powerful industrial conglomerate owner, is facing a battle to get his Senegalese cement plant up and running due to legal action and stiff competition. Vicat and its Sococim subsidiary in Senegal are ready to protect market share in west Africa by taking on Aliko Dangote. Dangote's Senegalese plant, one of the largest in Africa, is scheduled to start operation "within 90 days", Aramine Mbacke, the CEO of Dangote Senegal, told Financial Afrik magazine earlier th... |
Dangote eyes 3Mta Kenyan plant construction03 March 2014, Published under Cement NewsAlhaji Aliko Dangote, president of the Dangote Group, has said his conglomerate is planning to build a greenfield cement plant in Kenya. Dangote made the disclosure during the visit of the Kenyan deputy prime minister, William Ruto, to Dangote Cement Obajana plant in Kogi State, Nigeria, on Friday. The pending plant is slated to have a capacity of 3Mta. The Kenyan deputy prime minister said he was impressed with Dangote’s Obajana, telling local press that “as soon as the remaining two lice... |
Zambia: Dangote’s Ndola plant on track for July commissioning19 February 2014, Published under Cement NewsDangote is expected to commission its new cement factory in Ndola in July this year, senior general manager for Dangote Projects, Anand Kameshwar, has indicated. In an interview with All Africa news, Kameshwar said installation of major equipment at the plant by Sinoma Engineering of China was nearly complete. "Most of the major equipment has been installed and the project is on course and should be complete by July," he said. The company is also constructing a 30MW power substation that w... |
Dangote heads to South America?24 January 2014, Published under Cement NewsDangote Cement plc is planning to build a presence in three South American countries, according to Nigeria’s economic newspaper Business Day, quoting Devakumar Edwin, Dangote’s CEO. Mr Edwin said the company has signed a joint-venture agreement with an undisclosed regional firm. He also refused to name the three countries concerned, saying only that they “have enormous natural resources and experience high growth rates.” His reticence to offer further information he attributes to reasons of... |
Sephaku launches production at Delmas plant16 January 2014, Published under Cement NewsSephaku Cement began commercial production at its Delmas grinding plant on 6 January 2014 following a successful commissioning phase, Sephaku Holdings has announced. The Delmas plant, situated in east of Gauteng, is expected to ramp up capacity to 1.4Mta by mid-2014. CEO, Dr Lelau Mohuba, said: "This has been a nine-year journey and we are pleased to finally have our cement brand in the market. We are proud of SepCem's highly experienced operational team for attaining this key milestone in... |
Dangote on-track to complete five projects in 201414 January 2014, Published under Cement NewsDangote Cement will complete five cement plants across sub-Saharan Africa this year, adding around 13.5Mta of capacity to the group's existing volumes, according to Aliko Dangote, company chief executive. The projects include a 1.5Mta plant in Zambia and Tanzania each, a 3Mta works in South Africa and a 1.5Mta facility in both the Republic of Congo and Gabon. Last week, Nigeria's High Commissioner to Zambia, Sifawu Momoh, said that the Zambia plant will be inaugurated next month. In it... |
Dangote to commission Zambia power plant by end-1Q1418 December 2013, Published under Cement NewsThe Dangote Group will commission a US$50m power plant in the first quarter of 2013 to supply its factory currently under construction in Ndola, Zambia Anand Kameshwar, company senior general manager responsible for the project told the Times of Zambia that construction of the power plant was progressing well and the power plant will start operating by the end of the first quarter of 2014. “This plant is intended at making its own power available to the cement plant as opposed to connectin... |