In the last calendar year, Kenya’s cement consumption declined by -3.7% to 9.102 Mta, after 9.449 Mta in 2022. The 3rd quarter in 2023 saw an increase by +6.3%, while the largest decline has been in the 1st quarter with…
Local Zambian press reported that Dangote Cement plans to double its investment in Zambia by building a second cement plant. Their integrated 1.5 Mta plant in Ndola (photo), 271 km from Lusaka, opened in 2.Q in 2015. The plant has…
In the first 5 months of 2024, Morocco’s cement dispatch increased +7.3% to 5.530 Mt, after 5.153 Mt in the same period in last year. May has been a very strong month with a YoY plus of 20.0% to 1.427…
In the first quarter of 2024, Tunisia’s cement production declined by -8.3% to 1.704 Mt, after 1.859 Mt in the same period last year and 1.982 Mt the year before.
The Botswana Government will restrict the import of bagged cement from October this year, announced in the Statutory Statements No. 44, 2024. The maximum import load of a package shall not exceed 1t of cement. The import restrictions are antidumping…
In the first quarter of 2024, Senegal’s cement production increased by 13.6% to 2.59 Mt, after 2.28 Mt in the same period last year and 1.92 Mt the year before.
After opening this month the 6000 tpd clinker manufacturing plant (photo) in Sebit in West Pokot in Kenya, the Devki Group plans to further expand its capacity in Kenya. Cemtech, a branch of subsidiary Simba Cement submitted an Environmental Impact…
In the first quarter of 2024, Ghana’s cement production increased by +13.6% to 2.01 Mt, after 1.77 Mt in the same period last year. The production increase comes after a slight YoY decline by -1.1% last year.
In the first quarter of 2024, Ethiopia’s cement consumption increased by +19.6% to 1.89 Mt, after 1.58 Mt in the same period last year and 1.50 Mt in the year before. The increase is due to a projected GDP growth…
Kenya’s East African Portland Cement (EAPC) recommissioned its Athi River cement plant, after a temporarily one-month shutdown. This is part of a SH 400m turnaround initiative to increase the cement capacity of the plant to 1.0 Mta within the next…