Minister for Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment, Baboucar Ousmaila Joof, clarified in a parliamentary session that The Gambia has not increased taxes on cement imported from Senegal. The excise tax applies uniformly to all imported bagged cement to support local manufacturing. Despite challenges in penetrating the Senegalese market due to protectionist policies, The Gambia
Cem’In’Eu has launched FUSIOCIM, a CEM II/C pozzolan cement, that offers a 43% reduction in CO2 emissions compared with ordinary Portland cement (OPC). FUSIOCIM has specific CO2 emissions of 506kg/t. It is suitable for various concrete applications and comes in 25kg bags. Cem’In’Eu general manager Fabien Charbonnel said “We created Cem’In’Eu with the ambition of reducing the
Hungary: The government has enacted an ‘architecture law’ which will increase its role in decision making within the Hungarian cement industry. When it enters force in July 2023, the law will let the government set producers’ cement volumes and prices. It will also require the companies to sell their products to the market-leading retail network, and