Lafarge-Holcim’s cement rivals in Africa

1 Introduction The cement industry benchmarks of North America and Latin America are very different. While cement prices are highest in Latin America (258 compared to an index of 100 for Asia...

1 Introduction In Africa, measures by the governments to stabilize and support their economies during the Covid-19 pandemic have been insignificant when compared with the stimulus programs in the...

1 Introduction Cement capacities are growing faster than demand [1]. Figure 1 shows the global development since 2001. Up to 2007 cement demand was growing faster than capacity, because the demand...

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...

1 Introduction Africa has almost one billion inhabitants. Only about 16??%, mainly Arabs and Berbers, live in the 6 North African countries and about 84??% in the 47 countries of Africa that are...