Tag Archives: Dangote Cement

Undoubtedly, the most talked about issue in the built environment in 2014 is cement, with much made of its contribution to building collapse, pricing and the uneasy relationship among the big players in the industry. The ‘war’ has taken many dimensions, with price being used as one of the weapons most commonly deployed. The biggest player in the industry, Dangote ...

Distributors and developers have accused the management of Dangote Cement Plc of silently increasing the price of its product to N1,745 per a 50kg bag instead of the N1,000 that it announced early last month. Although the firm did not formally announce any increase in price, our correspondent gathered that it sent out text messages to its distributors on Monday, ...

Cement dealers and distributors in the South-west have endorsed the newly packaged Dangote cement’s 42.5 grade (3X) and expressed optimism that the entry of the product into the market would help sanitise the building and construction industry.   Phoning in from different states in the region during a live Yoruba programme, Owuro lojo, on Radio Nigeria’s Gold FM in Ilesha, ...