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BUA Cement will implement price cuts in 2024

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According to previous announcements, BUA Cement confirmed to cut the ex-works cement prices to N3,500 (US$ 3.90) per 50kg bag from January 2024. The statement is from Mr Abdul-Samad Rabiu, Chairman of the BUA Group. Mr. Rabiu added that with…

Russian cement imports increased by more than 50%

Russia IMP 10m 2023

From January to October 2023, Russian cement imports increased by 53.4% to 2.834 Mt, after 1.848 Mt in the same period last year. Accordingly, the imports this year by October are already larger than the cement imports in the complete…

Russian cement exports increased by 7.1%

From January to October 2023, Russia’s accumulated cement exports increased by +7.1% to 0.909 Mt, after 0.849 Mt in the same period last year. The largest export growth in the period has been to Belarus with +0.179 Mt, while the…

Huaxin buys African cement assets from Intercement

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Intercement announced the divestment of its cement assets in Mozambique and South Africa to Chinese Huaxin Cement. The assets include 3.3 Mta cement capacity from 2 integrated and 3 grinding plants in Mozambique as well as 2.0 Mta capacity from…

Uzbekistan’s cement production growth halved

Uzbekistan Pro 11m 2023

In Uzbekistan, from January to November 2023, the accumulated cement production increased by +2.5% to 11.168 Mt, YoY. Data cover the production by large enterprises. However, in the last 3 months only 3.140 Mt cement were produced after 3.398 Mt,…

Construction of Dangote’s Itori cement plant started

Dangote Itori Foundation

Sinoma International Engineering started the construction of Dangote’s cement plant in Itori, Ogun State in Nigeria with the celebration of the pile foundation. The integrated cement plant is designed with 2 x 6000 tpd kiln capacity, which will increase Dangote’s…