Tag: cement
Nigeria Government to Cement Makers: Lower prices immediately or face pressure on contracts
The minister also encouraged cement producers to expand their production capacity, noting that demand has increased significantly due to the…
Inside Nigeria’s Cement Industry: How market power keeps prices high
long-term solution, Agora Policy recommended strengthening domestic competition through stricter antitrust enforcement, removal of exclusive mining rights, separation of production…
BUA slashes cement price to N3,500 per bag
According to the statement, the gesture is to allow Nigerians to enjoy the benefits of the price reduction before the…
Kano, Katsina residents lament high cost of cement
Some residents of Kano and Katsina States have blamed cement manufacturers over the prevailing scarcity and high cost of cement…
Institute decries cement price hike
The Nigerian Institute of Building (NIOB) raised the alarm on Sunday that the hike in cement prices from N2,600 for…
No dollars to import rice, cement, chicken, others, CBN insists
The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, on Tuesday said the bank’s policy to restrict importers of…
Sokoto communities receive N7m worth of cement
The Cement Company of Northern Nigeria (CCNN) on Wednesday donated 2, 040 bags of cement worth N7 million to 68…
Nigeria now net exporter of cement in Africa – Dangote Group
The President of Dangote Group, Dr Aliko Dangote, says his company has made Nigeria a net exporter of cement in…
Man Jailed 8 Months For Cement Theft
An Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun on Tuesday sentenced a 45-year-old man, Anthony Ukpe, to eight months imprisonment for stealing…
Cement price hits roof top
The prices of different brands of cement have increased astronomically leaving builders and home owners complaining seriously about the high…
Dangote inaugurates $250 m plant in Douala, Cameroon
Dangote Cement Plc, on Thursday, achieved another feat with the inauguration of 250 million-dollar (N48.75 billion) cement grinding plant in…
Dangote triggers panic in Germany
HeidelbergCement rushed to buy control of Italcementi after fears that Nigeria’s cement mogul, Aliko Dangote also showed interest in the…
Dangote Cement to begin production in Tanzania
The sub-Saharan Africa’s leading cement producer, Dangote Cement, says it will begin production of cement in Tanzania’s Mtwara region in…
FG attracted $7bn investment in cement sector – Aganga
Olusegun Aganga, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, on Friday said the Federal Government has attracted new private sector investment…
Mixed reactions trail Dangote cement price cut in Ilorin
Distributors of Cement and block makers in Ilorin on Thursday expressed mixed feelings about the new prices of Dangote cement…