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Mali: Ciments et Matériaux du Mali has revealed plans for a 0.5Mt/yr grinding plant in the Kati commune. Agence Ecolfin has reported that the plant, to be supplied by the nearby Sonityeni quarry, will employ 150 Malians and ‘contribute to Mali’s cement self-sufficiency.’ Construction of the US$33.6m facility is set to begin in October 2019.

Mali: Ibrahima Dibo, a director of Diamond Cement Mali has denied that his company is responsible for recent price rises. At a press conference on the issue he explained that the cement producer has had fixed prices in conjunction with the government at its units at Astro and Dio Gare since 2012, according to the Le Républicain newspaper. Instead he blamed traders for exploiting cement shortages and poor roads. Dibo added that the company produced 0.73Mt of cement in 2016 from its two units in the country but that its sales have fallen since then. As a whole the country has an estimated 3Mt/yr demand for cement.

Algeria: El-Hamel Sidi Moussa group’s Timegten cement plant has made its first 2000t export to Niger. The Chinese-Algerian joint venture used the Freight Transport and Logistics Group (Logitrans) to make the delivery overland via the In-Guezzam border crossing, according to Radio Algeria. The 1.2Mt/yr plant plans to target other countries, including Mali, Mauritania and Burkina Faso.

The Euro156m plant was commissioned in 2017. It is being run under a seven-year cooperation agreement where the Chinese partners manage the unit until the local workforce is trained. The plant also manufactures oil well cement.

Mali: Ciments de l'Afrique (CIMAF) has inaugurated a 0.5Mt/yr grinding plant at Diago in the Koulikoro Region. The project has an investment of over US$32m, according to the MaliJet new website. It was built following an agreement signed in 2014 between the Addoha Group, the owner of CIMAF, and the government. President Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita presided over the event with members of the of government and Anas Sefrioui, chief executive officer of Ciments de l Atlas (CIMAT) and head of CIMAF. The plant has created over 200 jobs.

Mali: Mohamed Ali Ibrahim Ag, the Minister of Industrial Development, and the CEO of Gaia Equity have signed an agreement to build a 1.5Mt/yr cement plant at Guinbané for US$330m. The project will create 400 direct jobs and 500 indirect jobs, according to the Mali Jet news website. Gaia Equity will be supported by Chinese company Sinoma in the construction of the plant. The plant is expected to ease the country’s 2Mt/yr demand for cement.