Cement prices seen stabilising after fall

A worker at Athi River Mining, makers of Rhino Cement. FILE PHOTO | NMG

The general decline in cement prices caused by a price war in the sector is likely to come to a halt in the medium term due to higher demand and increase in raw material costs, analysts have said.

A sector analysis by NIC Securities says that a recovery in credit growth to the private sector would also spur construction and in turn help push up demand for cement.

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