HiedelbergCement have announced they will concentrate on key markets and will pull out of others where the company is less likely to reach a leading position.
The news comes Heidelberg announced they had sold their stakes in the Nigerian Cement Company of Northern Nigeria and Niger-based Societe Nigerienne de Cimenterie to Damnaz Cement Company.
The transaction with the Nigeria-based company is tabled to complete at the end of this month.