North Africa’s cement industry facing great challenges

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1 A comparison of country data (2010) • Länderdaten (2010) im Vergleich

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2 A comparison of growth rates (2010) • Wachstumsraten (2010) im Vergleich

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3 2010 market shares in Algeria • Marktanteile in Algerien 2010

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(Source/Quelle: Lafarge)

4 Ciba cement plant in Algeria • Ciba Zementwerk in Algerien

(Source/Quelle: Lafarge)

(Source/Quelle: Buzzi Unicem)

5 Sour el Ghozlane cement plant • Zementwerk Sour el Ghozlane

(Source/Quelle: Buzzi Unicem)

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6 The cement market in Algeria • Zementmarkt in Algerien

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7 2010 market shares in Egypt • Marktanteile in Ägypten 2010

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8 Helwan Cement Plant • Zementwerk Helwan Cement

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(Source/Quelle: Lafarge)

9 ECC cement plant • ECC Zementwerk

(Source/Quelle: Lafarge)

(Source/Quelle: Fives FCB)

10 Beni Suef cement plant, owned by Titan • Zementwerk Beni Suef Cement von Titan

(Source/Quelle: Fives FCB)

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11 Cement market in Egypt • Zementmarkt in Ägypten

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(Source/Quelle: CMPAG)

12 Zliten cement plant, owned by Ahlia Cement • Zementwerk Zliten von Ahlia Cement

(Source/Quelle: CMPAG)

(Source/Quelle: Asamer Holding)

13 Al-Hawari cement plant owned by LCC • Zementwerk Al-Hawari von LCC

(Source/Quelle: Asamer Holding)

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14 Cement market in Libya • Zementmarkt in Libyen

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15 2010 market shares in Morocco • Marktanteile in Marokko 2010

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(Source/Quelle: Lafarge)

16 Tetouan cement plant owned by Lafarge Maroc • Zementwerk Tetouan von Lafarge Maroc

(Source/Quelle: Lafarge)

(Source/Quelle: Sinoma)

17 Settat cement plant owned by Holcim Maroc • Zementwerk Settat von Holcim Maroc

(Source/Quelle: Sinoma)

(Source/Quelle: Polysius)

18 Kiln line at the Ciments de l’Atlas Plant • Ofenlinie von Ciments de l’Atlas

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19 Cement market in Morocco • Zementmarkt in Marokko

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20 2010 market shares in Tunisia • Marktanteile in Tunesien 2010

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Suez Cement plant • Werk Suez Cement

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(Source/Quelle: Cementos Portland Valderrivas)

21 Cement plant in d’Enfidha • Zementwerk d’Enfidha

(Source/Quelle: Cementos Portland Valderrivas)

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22 Kiln line at the SOTACIB Plant • Ofenlinie von SOTACIB

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23 Cement market in Tunisia • Zementmarkt in Tunesien

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Summary: The cement industry in North Africa is being considerably affected by the current political upheavals in the region. However, in Tunisia at least the expected slump in cement sales did not yet occur in the first quarter of 2011. In Egypt, plant stoppages caused a loss of about two production weeks. In Libya, production has come to a total standstill since the beginning of the civil war. The situation in Morocco and Algeria is also regarded as tense. The coming months will be marked by hope and fear and the cement industry naturally wants the situation to return to normality as quickly as possible. The following report deals with the situation of the cement industry in the North African countries and describes the prospects up to the year 2012.

1 Introduction

Historical changes generally occur infrequently. It is therefore really remarkable that such an upheaval is currently taking place in a part of the world where the political and social situation had up to now been regarded as relatively stable. Triggered by protest movements in Tunisia, an entire region has been gripped by demands for more democracy, freedom and economic reforms. In Tunisia and Egypt the long-established governments were swept away by the peoples’ protests. Heads of state, like Egypt’s President Mubarak, who had previously been courted by western nations, are now...