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Confidence Cement Dhaka Ltd has inaugurated a 1.8 Mta cement grinding unit at its newly established plant in Palash, Narsingdi in Bangladesh.

BUA Cement has signed a contract for the construction of a new cement line with a capacity of 3.0 million tons of cement per year in Sokoto State in Northwest Nigeria.

The Egyptian Government has held the 37th meeting of the Ministerial Group on Industrial Development. During the meeting, the group discussed the initiative to issue three new licenses for cement plants, each with a single production line, alongside expansion projects for existing cement factories.

The Government of South Australia will provide a AUD12m loan to the Hallett Group to back a green cement transformation project.

West China Cement has proposed the acquisition of South Africa’s AfriSam, via its subsidiary West International Building Materials.

The Kenyan President William Ruto has ruled out repeal of the levy on importation of clinker, contradicting an earlier position by the Trade ministry, which had promised to roll back the controversial tax.

Cement and building materials manufacturer Cahya Mata Sarawak Bhd has started work on a project to build a second clinker production line at the Mambong cement plant. Investments in the project amounted to 673 million MYR (Malaysian ringgit).