Nigeria: Dangote Cement’s shareholders have authorised a buyback of up to 10% of the company’s issued shares.

Chair Aliko Dangote said “Over the past decade, Dangote Cement has recorded exponential growth across all areas. Group cement volumes are now at almost 30Mt/yr, our production capacity has tripled to 51.6Mt/yr and we export cement from five countries across Africa.”

Austria: Lafarge Zement plans to invest Euro8m in the establishment of the Recycling Centre Mannersdorf at its 1.2Mt/yr Mannersdorf cement plant in Lower Austria. Niederösterreichische Nachrichten News has reported that the facility will process demolition waste into alternative raw materials for use in the cement producer’s operations.

Plant manager Helmut Reiterer said “The Recycling Centre Mannersdorf is of great importance for the construction industry. It enables people to build in a much more environmentally friendly way, increases the recycling rate and strengthens the domestic circular economy.”

Saudi Arabia: Beumer Group has appointed V-Line Middle East to provide services for its customers in Saudi Arabia. Beumer Group said that the new partnership will help it to strengthen its focus on sales in the region.

Beumer Group’s director of sales André Tissen said “Our partnership will bring us closer to customers and strengthen our customer service in key industries. Through V-Line Middle East, we can offer our customers in Saudi Arabia access to a network of local specialised suppliers, augmenting our range of services.”

India: The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) has named Adani Group subsidiary Ambuja Cements the winner in the Women Empowerment category of its Corporate Social Responsibility Awards 2020 – 2021. During the period under consideration, the producer’s initiatives supported 2970 self-help groups and trained 31,000 women. It employed 9000 women in its operations.

Ambuja Cements says that it aims to help women in their role as breadwinners, changemakers and leaders in their communities.