28 August 2019

China: CNBM have reported a good first half of 2019, with profits of US$1.23bn, an increase of 30.6% from US$0.94bn in the same period of 2019.

Australia: Adelaide Brighton’s net profit in the first half of 2019 was US$37.0m, down by 35% from US$57.0m in the half year up to 30 June 2018. Chief executive Nick Miller told The Australian that Adelaide Brighton may consider a merger with Barro Group, which holds a 43% stake in the former.

Egypt: In a statement sent to EGX, Sinai Cement recorded first half net losses of US$11.3m, an increase of 20.1% on the US$4.00m recorded in losses in the same period of 2018.

Niger: Dangote Cement has expressed an interest in establishing a 1.64Mt/yr cement production unit, complete with a grinding plant and gas energy plant, in Niger. Agence Ecofin reports that Dangote, Africa’s leading cement producer, aims to fill the Nigerien cement supply gap amidst an infrastructure boom fuelled by the country’s oil ambitions.