Cement News tagged under: Niger
Cement prices in Niger expected to see significant drop18 October 2024, Published under Cement NewsCement in Niger is expected to be sold at significantly lower prices following the signing of an order determining the special tax regime applicable to importing, producing and marketing CEM II 32.5 grey cement. The order was signed by Brigadier General Abdourahamane Tiani, president of the country's National Council for the Safeguarding of the Fatherland, on 14 October 2024 and includes a total exemption from the tax on financial activities (TAFI) on accrued interest not yet due on loans. C... |
Malbaza Cement to open new quarry17 August 2020, Published under Cement NewsMalbaza Cement Co intends to open a new quarry to obtain limestone, sand and clay in Malbaza, Niger. The opening of the new quarry is planned as the old deposits are being exhausted, according to the country’s government, who has declared the project of public interest. Malbaza Cement opened its 0.65Mta cement plant in 2019. Output from the facility is expected to cover 80 per cent of domestic demand and will enable Niger to considerably reduce cement imports. |
Dangote28 October 2019, Published under Cement NewsDangote Cement has announced plans to expand its cement capacity in Africa by 29 per cent to 62Mta. The company is expected to add 6Mta in Nigeria in 2020, taking its capacity in its home market to 35Mta, while other expansions are earmarked mainly for west Africa, including Niger and Côte d'Ivoire. On the back of this and other investments, the group’s total revenue is forecast to reach US$30bn in the next few years. Meanwhile, in Tanzania, Dangote remains locked in a dispute with the co... |
Niger's president inaugurates Malbaza Cement plant21 March 2019, Published under Cement NewsNiger's President, Issoufou Mahamadou, inaugurated the new Malbaza Cement Co plant in the Tahoua region of Niger, on 20 March 2019. Owned by private capital from Niger, the plant currently has a cement capacity of 0.54Mta, but this has the option to be expanded to 0.65Mta at a later date. The construction was financed by a consortium of local banks, the West African Development Bank and promoters who invested XOF66bn (US$114.7m). Its output will cover Niger’s cement requirements and reduc... |
Algeria exports first shipment to Niger11 February 2019, Published under Cement NewsAlgeria’s first exports to Niger were carried out on 9 February by El-Hamel Sidi Moussa’s cement plant in Timegtène, 270km east of Adrar. The cement works shipped 2000t. Going forward, exports from Timegtène are planned at a rate of 8000tpm, using trucks of Logitrans. "The group's services have mobilised significant human and material resources, including 50 trucks, to regularly deliver the goods produced to the region of Agades (Niger), over a distance of 2000km, via the border post of ... |
Niger's Malbaza Cement prices cement at XOF90,000/t16 January 2019, Published under Cement NewsNiger-based Malbaza Cement, which started production recently, will sell its cement at XOF90,000/t (US$156.59/t), according to the company’s Deputy Director General, Idrissa Harouna. The XOF48bn cement plant produced its first cement on 28 December 2018 and directly employs 347 people. |
Malbaza Ciment begins operation of new plant04 January 2019, Published under Cement NewsNiger's Malbaza Ciment Co has begun operation at its new 0.65Mta plant, which produced its first tonne of cement on 28 December 2018. "The Ministry of Industry is pleased to inform the nation that Malbaza Ciment Campany (MCC SA), formerly SNC Nigerien cement company, has started operation of its new cement plant, thus becoming the first private industrial complex in Niger," said Malam Zaneidou Amirou, the country’s minister for industry. Malbaza Ciment is expected to supply 80 per cent o... |
NCN’s Malbaza plant to start production in December29 November 2018, Published under Cement NewsAfter addressing some challenges, Nouvelle Cimenterie de Niger is expected to start operations at its Malbaza cement plant in Niger’s Tahoua region in December, according to the company’s officials. The 2000tpd integrated cement works is forecast to cover 80 per cent of Niger’s cement demand, allowing the country to significantly reduce cement imports. The facility provides employment for 347 people, including 276 Nigeriens. |
Dangote starts work on Niger plant18 October 2018, Published under Cement NewsDangote starts work on the construction of a XOF180bn (US$315.8m) cement plant in Keita, Niger, according to the country’s national TV organisation. The new works will also included a 100MW coal-fired power plant. Dangote Cement Niger was granted approval to carry out research on “coal and related substances” on four permits in the region of Agadez (north) and Tahoua. The new cement facility is scheduled for delivery at the end of 2020 and will have a capacity of 2.5Mta. It is expecte... |
Algeria's Aoulef works exports first cement to Niger28 March 2018, Published under Cement NewsEl-Hamel-owned Aoulef cement plant, in Adrar, Algeria, carried out the first Algerian cement exports to Niger, according to Minister of Industry and Mines, Youcef Yousfi. The new plant, which entered service in December 2017 exported 950t of cement overland to Niger – the first of regular shipments. The 1.5Mta Aoulef cement facility plans to exports around 1Mta of its output. "With these export operations, Algeria has thus shifted from [being] a large importer of cement to an exporti... |