Zimbabwe: Khayah Cement (formerly Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe) more than tripled its sales year-on-year to US$17.4m in the first half of 2023, from US$4.8m in the first half of 2022. During the year, the producer more than doubled its cement volumes, after repairing a collapsed mill roof and commissioning of a new vertical roller mill at its Manresa cement plant. Nonetheless, its loss grew by a factor of six to US$46.2m from US$7.2m.
Khayah Cement began making foreign currency sales, which accounted for 89% of first-half sales, in 2023. The company previously postponed the publication of its results for the half year following delays in finalising external audits.