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Cement Manufacturers Ghana have announced that plans are far advanced to increase the price of cement from the current Ghc50 cedis to at least Ghc60 due to cost of production and are urging the public to cooperate with them. This was announced by Cement Manufacturers Ghana Executive Secretary Rev. Dr. …

Ad Ghacem, the nation’s leading cement manufacturer, will in the coming weeks, cut sod for the construction of a 1.5-million-ton capacity cement production plant in Kumasi to serve the Ashanti Region and its surrounding areas. Speaking in an interview with the media, Managing Director of GHACEM, Stefano Gallini, said the …

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), with support from the police, on Friday closed down the Empire Cement Factory, a Chinese cement factory at McCarthy Hills in Accra, for operating without permit. The police halted operations at the site and sacked all workers in the factory, including the Chinese nationals for …

Members of the Parliament Select Committee on Environment Science and Technology have paid a working visit to Panbros Salt Industries and Empire Cement, a new cement factory being constructed along the Weija Road. The MP’s embarked on the tour in a bid to get first-hand information on some concerns raised …

In a video which has since gone viral on social media, one of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s ambulances has been used to transport cement. According to information from grapevine, the ambulance was being used somewhere in Gomoa East, specifically around the Budumburam area. The video has shocked many since the …

  Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kyerematen, has commended Ibrahim Mahama, Founder of Dzata Cement Limited, for investing heavily in the cement industry. The over US$100 million investment is located on a 10-acre land near the Tema Port. Mr Kyerematen made the commendation when he paid a working visit to the plant …

    The Chamber of Cement Manufacturers Ghana has indicated that the high cost of cement is a result of the high cost of production, unfair trade practices, low utilisation of cement products, and unfair competition. The Chamber believes the pressure caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is also a major factor. Ghana …

Controversial Social Media Commentator, A-Plus born Kwame Asare Obeng is suggesting it serves Broadcast Journalist Captain Godsbrain Blessed Smart right to have been taken off air over his criticisms of the Akufo-Addo led administration. Vice President of IMANI Africa Franklin Cudjoe had earlier on Thursday, May 6, 2021, revealed that the …

  The management of Dangote Cement Plc says the increase in the price of cement is due to the Value Added Tax which was included on April 12. Currently, the price of a bag of cement from its factories and plants in Obajana and Gboko is N2,450 and N2,510 at …

One person was killed when a trailer loaded with bags of cement overturned after veering off to the pavement at Inchaban, just before the police barrier, in the Shama District of the Western Region on last Thursday. Initial report was that the victim was a driver’s mate who got trapped …