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Egypt: new licences may threaten Misr Cement

04 July 2016, Published under Cement News

The Egyptian government will announce the results of the license 8 tender on 30 July, which will see the addition of new production capacity to compete with current companies in the market. Beltone Financial said that the future of Misr Cement-Qena’s market share is under threat, as the company currently occupies the second position in the market, following Cemex. Beltone has predicted that cement prices in the country will remain low, at a price of EGP500/t (US$56.33/t), until 2018, comp...

ASEC Cement closes sale to Misr Cement Qena

24 November 2015, Published under Cement News

ASEC Cement, a business unit of Qalaa Holdings, on Sunday announced it reached financial close on the sale of its holdings in subsidiaries ASEC Minya Cement and ASEC Ready Mix Co to Misr Cement Qena for total consideration of around EGP1bn (US$127m). “We are pleased to announce the sale process closed today, putting in place another cornerstone in our strategy to deleverage at both the holding and platform company levels,” said Qalaa Holdings chairman and founder, Ahmed Heikal. “Both ASE...

ASEC to sell ASEC Minya Cement, ASEC Ready Mix

02 November 2015, Published under Cement News

Qalaa Holdings announced yesterday that its business unit ASEC Cement has signed a sale and purchase agreement for the sale of its holdings in subsidiaries ASEC Minya Cement and ASEC Ready Mix Co – representing 46.5 and 55 per cent, respectively – to Qena Cement for total consideration of c.EGP1bn (US$124.5m). The financial close is expected to take place on or before 20 November 2015. Qalaa Holdings and its subsidiary National Development and Trading Company (NDT) own 70 per cent of ASEC ...