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The Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) stood at 55 index points in October 2017, indicating an expansion in the manufacturing sector for the seventh consecutive month.
The North Africa-focused E&P company SDX Energy has announced the spud of its KSR-15 well on the Sebou area in Kenitra, Morocco, this last Friday. After the KSR-14 last September, the British gas exploration company announced the start of its operations on the KSR-15 well.
Total Nigeria Plc. has commissioned the second high speed filling machine in its lubricant blending plant in Koko, Delta State in October 2017.
132/33 KV transformer that would boost power supply to local governments in Katsina South by 200 percent.
The industrial parks specialized in textile, apparel, and agro-processing will increase the number of parks with similar sector to five next to Hawassa, Mekelle and Kombolcha.
There is strong indication that after cement, Nigeria's steel industry is the next sector to watch as African Industries Group, the largest steel manufacturer in the country, has started exporting the product to Morocco, Egypt and Ghana.
Developing the integration rate of the automotive sector is a priority for Morocco, said Elalamy in an interview with the weekly magazine Challenge, noting that this goal is a decisive step in the growth of the sector.
Coscharis Group has unveiled its Ford assembly plant in Lekki area of Lagos. It has the capacity to produce 10,000 to 20,000 cars yearly.
The industrial parks in Adama and Dire Dawa will be inaugurated after two weeks, while parks in Kilinito and Bole Lemi-II will be inaugurated in February 2018, EIC’s Deputy Commissioner, Belachew Mekuria told ENA.