Egypt is one of the biggest cement producers all over the world and the leading country in the middle East, Africa, and the Arabian Region with a total production capacity of 50 million tons of cement.
Two other cement factories are in the pipeline.
As of 2017, production capacity in Ethiopian, according to the Ethiopian Reporter,[12] has increased to 15 million tonnes per year, but local consumption is only 6 million tonnes per year.
"Ghacem" is same as "Ghana Cement", and does not have 97% market share anymore because Buipe plant has been built, and is not really a subsidiary of Scancem, because Scancem is owned by Heidelberg Cement, and has two plants in Ghana : one in Tema, which was upgraded in November 2012 from 1.2 million tons per year to 2.2 Mton/year, and one in Sekondi-Takoradi which can produce 1.2 Mton/year.
[19] Alpha Ciment - Ibity, (Antsirabe), Vakinankaratra [26] - Hercules (Pretoria) - Jupiter (Johannesburg) - Dwaalboom - Slurry - De Hoek - Riebeeck West - Port Elizabeth - Saldanha (Slag Grinding Only) - Aganang (Lichtenburg) - Delmas (Grinding Station) - Lichtenburg - Randfontein (Grinding Station) - Richards Bay (Grinding Station) - Dudfield (Lichtenburg) - Ulco (Kimberly) - Roodepoort (Grinding Station) - Vanderbijlpark (Slag Grinding & Blending Station) - Brakpan (Blending Station) - Simuma - Coedmore - Newcastle (Slag grinding and cement blending plant) [55]