Tunisia: Ciments de Bizerte recorded sales of US$4.93m in the first half of 2026, down by 20% year-on-year. African Manager News has reported that the producer reduced its loss in earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) by 29%, to US$1.47m. Its net loss fell by 18%, to US$7.33m. The company purchased 59,900t of clinker. It reassessed its normal production capacity at 0.9Mt/yr. As a result, it lost US$3.7m in sold production and US$133,000 in inventory due to capacity underutilisation.
A joint statutory audit noted ‘significant’ uncertainty over Ciments de Bizerte’s ability to continue as a going concern, amidst a continued shutdown of clinker production and grinding capacity underutilisation. The kiln of the company’s erstwhile 1.6Mt/yr cement plant shut down amidst shortages of refractory bricks and petcoke and ‘financing constraints’ in October 2023. The government has approved a three-phase investment programme to restart clinker production and modernise equipment and IT systems at the plant. This includes financial restructuring and new financing via a banking pool led by Banque de l'Habitat. This is subject to the company’s completion of the debt consolidation.
Ciments de Bizerte reports first-half 2026 decline in sales amidst business ‘uncertainty’
