Officials of Dangote Cement Limited say the prevailing stability in the prices of cement in the country can be atttributed to the significant contribution of the company in the sector. The Chief...
The Paramount Chief of the Aflao Traditional Area, Togbui Amenya Fiti IV, has appealed to President John Mahama to intervene in what he termed as the “cement war” raging in the country. Some...
The Consumer Protection Agency has blamed the high cost of both residential and commercial properties in Ghana on the monopoly enjoyed by Ghana Cement (GHACEM). According to the CPA, Ghacem often...
An important development in our cement industry has been the introduction by government of price deregulation, to neutralise local producers’ market monopoly and incidents of cement shortage. Local...
The Executive Secretary of the Importers and Exporters Association of Ghana, Sampson Asaaki Awingobit has taken a swipe at the local cement manufacturers over concerns that Chinese manufacturers are...
The Trade and Industry Ministry has clarified the brewing impasse between it and the Cement Manufacturers Association (CMA). In a statement released Monday, sector Minister, Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah...
The Ghana Cement Manufacturers Association (GCMA) has called on the government to regulate the importation of cement to protect the local cement industry from collapse. According to the GCMA, the...
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Ekwow Spio Garbrah has told Citi Business News Ghana does not possess the capacity yet to provide the needed quantity of cement to satisfy the country’s...
Trade and Industry Minister, Dr. Ekwow Spio Garbrah has clarified that the cement regulation law was set up to regulate the import of cement into the country and not to totally ban them as being...
Dangote Group, manufacturer of Dangote brand of Cement, said it remains determined to expand its operations in Ghana in spite of concerns being raised by local manufacturers about the impact of the...
The Cement Manufacturers Association of Ghana (CMAG) has expressed dismay at Minister of Trade & Industry, Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, for offering a permit to a Chinese to import 500,000 metric tons of...
We are compelled to reluctantly offer some education to the unsuspecting readers of the above write-up which was unfortunately published as a front page story on the Daily Graphic of Tuesday October...
The price of cement has dropped slightly on the market in what appears to be a price war among competing brands. Dangote Cement Ghana Limited was the first to drop its price in September, following...
Expectations are high among cement producers that there will be a recovery in consumption this year after a sharp fall in sales last year on accounts of the recent power supply challenges in the...
Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, Minister of Trade & Industry, is said to be busily issuing cement licences to Chinese importers to import substandard cement even before a nine-member committee mandated by...
A rare incident occurred at Akyem Oda last Monday when suspected saboteurs poured acid on a portion of a one-storey building, comprising 40 stores, being put up by the Birim Central Municipal...
Importation of cement to Ghana will be seen as an illegitimate venture following the maturation of the Import and Export Regulations Bill this week.
The Bill will outlaw the bagging and importation...
