There are 27 different grades of cement, the Managing Director, LaFarge WAPCO, makers of the Elephant cement brand, Mr. Joe Hudson, has said. He said there was nothing new in any cement quality as ...

The government will now grade domestic cements under three different grades —33, 43 and 53 — to ensure its quality competitiveness. Amending the existing law, which disallows manufacturers to label ...

Depending on the structural design requirements of a building, the grade of concrete may vary. Concrete pounds per square inch (PSI) plays a significant role in determining the concrete grades that ...

To say that the last four months have been sleepless nights for local cement producers is no exaggeration. Dangote Cement Plc is controlling over 60 percent of the market shares with 20 million metric ...

Dangote Cement Plc has said it manufactures only 42.5 grade cement in all its three plants, which are located in Obajana, Kogi State; Ibese, Ogun State; and Gboko, Benue State. It said it is not a ...

STAKEHOLDERS in the Nigerian capital market have endorsed the use of 42.5 cement grades for building construction in Nigeria, saying that the adoption will restore sanity to the construction industry ...

Cement-bound materials are an essential staple of business, industrial or residential buildings, traffic routes, arenas and infrastructure projects. In fact, it would be impossible to imagine ...

Crusoe Osagie writes on the recent clamour by a civil society coalition for the enforcement of a higher grade of cement for the Nigerian market and how it can help stem the incidents of collapsed ...

The Indian cement industry with a total capacity of about 157 m tonnes in FY06, is the second largest market after China. Although consolidation has taken place in the Indian cement industry with the ...