Tag Archives: CEMENT

Driver’s mate dies as trailer loaded with bags of cement overturns at Inchaban

A driver’s mate of a trailer loaded with cement bags has met his untimely death after the trailer overturned at Inchaban in the Western region. According to Hot 93.9FM’s reporter Nyansa Boadi, the driver’s mate whose name was not quickly known got trapped under the cement killing him instantly. Explaining …

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Cement price goes up

Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the price of cement has escalated over the last few days across the country. According to cement sellers and stakeholders, “clinker”, the raw material used to produce cement is imported and since its price has increased in the international market owing to the pandemic, a bag of …

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500 Cement bags consumed as fire ravages shops at Kwabeng

About five hundred (500) bags of cement have been consumed by fire at Akyem Kwabeng,  in the Eastern Region. The inferno which gutted some other shops also destroyed 160 pieces of plywoods, barbering equipment and other properties. The fire occurred on January 1, 2021, at about 5:00 am. Personnel of …

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Ghana’s total cement sales decline by 3.9%

The total cement sales as measured by the volume of the product decreased by 3.9% during the first quarter of 2020. The volume of cement sales during first quarter of this year amounted to 814,979.29 tonnes as compared to 848,258.76 tonnes sold during 4th quarter of 2019. Year on year, …

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