AVIC International, in collaboration with Humboldt Wedag GmbH (KHD) will build CIMAF’s 900 tpd clay calcination plant in Burkina Faso. KHD’s calcination system is based on a two-stage preheater with flash calciner (chart) and pre-combustor. AVIC will supply the plant…
After entering Zambia with the acquisition of Chilanga Cement (Photo), Huaxin Cement also plans to enter neighbouring country Zimbabwe. The company intends to install a new greenfield 0.3 Mta plant, which can be expanded to 1.0 Mta. The plant location…
In the first 9 months of 2024, Morocco’s cement dispatch increased by 6.9% to 9.818 Mt, after 9.186 Mt in the same period last year and 9.384 Mt in the year before.
In the first half of 2024, Tunisia’s white cement production declined by -4.7% to 167.1 kt, after 175.3 kt in the same period last year. While the decline has been -10.8% YoY in the 1Q, in the 2Q there has…
In the first half of 2024, Tunisia’s cement production (grey cement) declined by -12.6% to 3.174 Mt, after 3.632 Mt in the same period last year and 3.717 Mt in the year before.
In the first half of 2024, Liberia’s cement production increased by 34.3% to 388 kt, after 289 kt in the same period last year and 302 kt in the year before.
Cimaf (Ciments de l’Afrique) ignited its new 5000 tpd integrated cement plant in Pout, about 25 km east of Senegal’s capital Dakar. The project has been undertaken by Sinoma CBMI Construction. The ignition milestone marks the official transition of the…
Heidelberg Materials has signed a strategic agreement to acquire assets of Votorantim Cimentos in Morocco. Its subsidiary Ciments du Maroc will acquire the controlling stakes (63% of the shares) in Asment de Témara, a cement and ready-mixed concrete producer, and…
In the first half of 2024, Ghana’s cement production increased by +17.0% to 4.00 Mt, after 3.42 Mt in the same period last year and 3.60 Mt in the year before.
In the first half of 2024, Ethiopia’s cement consumption increased by +14.0% to 3.91 Mt, after 3.43 Mt in the same period last year and 2.95 Mt in the year before.