Displaying items by tag: Al Jouf

Saudi Arabia: Al Jouf Cement Company has awarded a contract to Rabou’ Al Taybeh for the export and sale of its clinker. Local press has reported that the contract has a value of US$8m and a duration of six months, subject to renewal.

Saudi Arabia: The General Authority for Competition (GAC) has fined 14 local cement producers around US$37m for price fixing. The companies were found to have broken local competition law following an investigation by GAC. They are now each liable for a US$2.7m penalty. The producers concerned are: Al-Safwa Cement; Al-Madina Cement; Umm Al-Qura Cement; Al-Jawf Cement Company; Qassim Cement; Najran Cement; Southern Province Cement; United Industrial Cement; Yamama Cement; Riyadh Cement (Saudi White Cement); Arabian Cement; Saudi Cement; Yanbu Cement; and Hail Cement.

Saudi Arabia: Al Jouf Cement has appointed Abdul Karim bin Muhammad Al Nuhair as its chief executive officer. He succeeds Jamal bin Salem Al Amer in the post who has resigned for personal reasons. Al Amer has now been appointed as president ex-executive advisor to the company.

Al-Nuhair holds a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Management and a master’s of Executive Directors from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. He holds both management and board-level experience in a number of private and public companies.

Saudi Arabia: Al Jouf Cement has appointed Abdullah bin Odeh Al-Ghabeen Al-Enezi as its chair. It follows the resignation of Mohammed Saeed Attia in mid-July 2022.

Saudi Arabia: Mohammed Saeed Attia has resigned as the chair of Al Jouf Cement. He will continue working for the company as a part-time consultant until mid-2023. Mohammed Saeed Attia was originally appointed as the chair of the cement producer in 2020.

Saudi Arabia: Al Jouf Cement has signed a cooperation agreement with the National Center for the Development of Vegetation Cover and Combating Desertification to rehabilitate vegetation cover. The arrangement is intended to reduce desertification and restore biodiversity in natural environments in line with the country’s 2030 vision. Prince Faisal bin Khalid bin Sultan, Governor of the Northern Borders Region A attended the signing ceremony.

Saudi Arabia: The Saudi Industrial Exports Company (SIEC) has signed a one-year sales and marketing contract extension with Al Jouf Cement. It previously agreed with Al Jouf in November 2017 to sell 72,000t/yr to Jordan.

Saudi Arabia: Al Jouf Cement has signed a six-month technical contract with China’s Riga Company to convert its second production line to produce white cement. The contract was signed to coincide with the arrival of the project team that will handle the conversion. No value for the upgrade has been disclosed.

Saudi Arabia: Al Jouf Cement has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with China’s Riga Company to convert its second production line to produce white cement. The agreement will last six months.

Palestine: Saudi Arabia’s Al Jouf Cement has signed a deal with Sanad Trading and Marketing to export 50,000t/yr of cement and clinker. The financial impact from the agreement is expected to be noticed from the middle of the fourth quarter of 2018 onwards. The deal follows a memorandum of understanding that was signed between the companies in August 2018.