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Egypt: Greek-owned Titan Cement has made a major acquisition in buying the International Finance Corporation (IFC)’s 17.3% stake in Alexandria Development Ltd. Alexandria Development Ltd is 82.7% indirectly held by Titan Cement. It is the 88.9% owner of Alexandria Portland Cement, according to Mubasher. Alexandria Portland Cement made losses of US$4.56m in the nine months to 30 September 2019.

Egypt: Wikov hosted its Wikov Gear Technology Conference in Cairo in late October 2019 to promote its products to cement producers in the Middle East. The focus was on the historical presence of Wikov in the market under the former brand Škoda, and later the product highlights and innovations like Side Drive gearboxes with Separate Lubrication System and shock-load-resistant planetary gearboxes Orbi-fleX with flexible pin. The conference also included a demonstration of Wikov’s new online gearbox configurator. This platform enables users to configure and select a planetary gearbox, generate technical data, a 3D model and send a request for quotation. Around 70 industry delegates attended the event.

Egypt: Arabian Cement’s sales revenue fell by 5% year-on-year to US$139m in the first nine months of 2019 from US$147m in the same period in 2018. Local sales dropped whilst export sales and services rose. Its profit for the period after tax decreased to US$2m from US$13.3m.

Egypt: Misr Cement Qena’s profit in the three months to 30 September took a 67% year-on-year dive to US$1.85m from US$5.56m. Sales continued on an upward trend, ending the period up by 6.3% at US$146m from US$138m in the corresponding period of 2018.

Egypt: Misr Beni Suef’s sales over the three months to 30 September 2019 were US$29.6m, up by 24% from US$23.9m in the corresponding period of 2018. This growth failed to offset the challenges of profitability in a saturated market, with profit falling by 2.7% year-on-year to US$1.34m from US$1.37m.

Egypt: The government has reduced the price of natural gas for cement producers to US$5 per one million British thermal units (BTU). Previously the price was US$8MBtu, according to Mubasher. The government has reduced the price at a similar rate for other industrial users including iron, steel, aluminium, cooper, ceramic, and porcelain plants. It will now review the price of gas every six months.

Egypt: Siemens has submitted an integrated survey of the digitalisation potential of various industries in four zones to the Ministry of Industry (MoI) with a view to improving the competitiveness of the country’s products. Daily News Egypt has reported that the Germany-based technology company has already signed contracts for the supply of digital efficiency solutions with El Ameria Cement and Lafarge Egypt. It is also negotiating with Misr Beni Suef for the installation of thermal emission measuring units at its 3.5Mt/yr integrated cement plant in Beni Suef, Maadi.

Egypt: South Valley Cement has reported losses of US$6.19m in the first half of 2019, down by 587% from a US$1.27m profit in the same period of 2018.

Egypt: Alexandria Portland Cement has sold a 15.9km² parcel of disused land in Ad Dakhila. Mubasher reports that the company, the losses of which increased by 29.5% year-on-year to US$10.3m in 2019, received US$1.93m from the sale.

Egypt: In a statement sent to EGX, Sinai Cement recorded first half net losses of US$11.3m, an increase of 20.1% on the US$4.00m recorded in losses in the same period of 2018.