Dangote Cement has inaugurated the 3.0 Mta grinding unit (GU) in Attingué in Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast). The grinding unit comprises two 1.5 Mta mills, which are grinding clinker mainly from Dangote’s facilities in Nigeria. The new facility expands Dangote’s…
In the first 7 months in 2025, Kenya’s cement production increased by +18.4% to 5.763 Mt, after 4.868 Mt in the same period last year and 5.501 Mt in the year before.
In the first half of 2025, Tunisia’s cement production declined by -10.0% to 2.858 Mt, after 3.174 Mt in the same period last year and 3.632 Mt in the year before.
In the first 9 months in 2025, Morocco’s cement dispatch increased by +10.6% to 10.860 Mt, after 9.818 Mt in the same period last year and 8.186 Mt in the year before.
CIMERWA Plc had signed a quarry license agreement with the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) and the Rwanda Mines, Gas and Petroleum Authority (RMB) which allows them to invest $190 million (over Rwf273 billion) to build a ‘clinker’ factory in Musanze…
The IFC is considering a total financing package of US$ 24.0m to Mackie Building Materials (“MBM”) and MACCEM Industries SL (“MACCEM”) in Sierra Leone. The investment will be used to part finance the construction and operation of a cement grinding…
A new grinding unit (GU) with a capacity of 1.0 Mta has been inaugurated by Chinese Central Africa Cement (CAC) in Edéa in Cameroon. The US$ 21m investment will use imported clinker and local resources of gypsum and pozzolans. Edéa…
In the first half of 2025, Senegal’s cement exports declined by -10.8% to 1.178 Mt, after 1.321 Mt the year before. However, the cement export value declined by -19.% to FCFA 51.64 bn in the same period.
The chairman of Dangote Cement, Mr. Ikazoboh, disclosed a plan to expand the cement production capacity to Botswana. No information about the plant’s capacity and timeline has been outlined yet. Probably, Dangote will enter the market with a cement grinding…
Nigeria’s Dangote Cement is planning to increase its regional footprint in Africa to 66.4 Mta cement production capacity by 2030. This shall be achieved through new greenfield investments and brownfield projects to upgrade existing plants. In the coming 2 years…