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Kenia’s troubled Savannah Cement has been acquired by a group 4 flour mill tycoons in a deal of KES 3.8bn (US$29.4m). The tycoons are associated with milling companies that include Mombasa Maize, Kitui flour Millers and Eldoret Grains Ltd. The…
In the first half of 2025, Kenya’s cement production increased by +17.8% to 4.869 Mt, after 4.135 Mt in the same period last year and 4.657 Mt in the year before.
In the first 6 months in 2025, Liberia’s cement production decreased by -14.8% to 331 kt, after 388 kt in the same period last year and 289 kt in the year before.
In the coming years in Libya a number of new kiln lines are planned for a massive capacity expansion. The new 6000 tpd New Benghazi plant of LCC is under construction to replace two older plants (photo) in the East.…
In July 2025, the average cement prices in Russia increased by +11.2% YoY to 7246 Rub/t, after 6514 Rub/t in the same period last year and 5686 Rub/t in the year before.
In the first 5 months in 2025 the US cement demand (Portland, blended and masonry cement) declined by -5.8% to 38.674 Mt, after 41.055 Mt in the last year and 42.566 Mt in the year before.
Nigeria’s Dangote Cement has become the largest cement company in Sub-Saharan Africa, operating in 10 countries. However, the capacity expansion is moderate now, after a more aggressive strategy in recent years (photo: Ndola integrated cement plant in Zambia). Two more…
In the first 05 months in 2025, the US cement imports of Portland, blended and masonry cement declined by -9.5% to 7.324 Mt, after 8.091 Mt in the same period last year and 7.753 Mt in the year before.
In the first half of 2025, T+T’s (Trinidad + Tobago’s) cement production increased by +12.9% to 0.377 Mt, after 0.334 Mt in the same period last year and 0.367 Mt in the year before.
Cimento Itambé has inaugurated a new 0.6 Mta kiln at its Balsa Nova plant in the Curitiba metropolitan region in Parana, Brazil. Covering a total area of 2.5 million m², the company operates with an annual installed capacity of 3…