Dangote Cement increases educational offerings
The Nigerian cement company has given out scholarships worth millions of naira, while the Dangote Academy has trained more than 450 graduate engineers and junior technicians.
Browse the latest africa & the middle east news and articles.
The Nigerian cement company has given out scholarships worth millions of naira, while the Dangote Academy has trained more than 450 graduate engineers and junior technicians.
According to NCB Capital, Saudi Arabia’s cement industry is showing signs of recovery, with demand beginning to improve to normal levels.
Iran exported some 3.4 million t of cement during the first two months of the current financial year, a 20% y/y increase compared to the same period in 2013.
Umm Al-Qura Cement Company has ordered a 47 MW captive power plant, which is due to enter commercial operation by October 2015.
The Ghacem Cement Foundation (GCF) has delivered free bags of cement to around 300 health and educational Institutions in southern Ghana to aid their infrastructural development.
UNICEM is holding a Health and Safety month, while Dangote Cement is dealing with re-bagging and the Dangote Group is calling on the government to encourage the use of gas.
Sinoma has been awarded the EPC contract for a 3000 tpd cement plant in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Fives FCB will establish Qatar National Cement Co.’s new 5000 tpd clinker line on a turnkey basis, supplying equipment from raw material preparation to cement dispatch.
Nigeria’s Ashaka Cement Company, a subsidiary of Lafarge International, invested approximately NGN151 million in local community projects from 2011 to 2013.
East Africa Portland Cement Company (EAPCC) is planning to set up a KES800 million power generation plant in Kenya. The unit will run on waste gases generated by its Athi River cement facility.
Cement and minerals included among Zimbabwe’s principal exports to the Southern African Development Community, which increased by 113% from 2009 to 2013 overall; Nigeria sets up minerals and metal centre to facilitate investment.
Turkey’s Mussa Insaat Dis Ticaret Ltd has ordered another road-mobile Siwertell 10 000 S cement unloader from Cargotec for use in its Libyan operations.