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The rest of the market share is dominated by importers.<\/p>\n<p>Also an increase in the commodity\u2019s demand due to the country\u2019s growing construction industry is also one of the reasons trigging the imminent shortage.<\/p>\n<p>Industry players tell\u00a0<b>Citi Business News<\/b>\u00a0the latest development may also trigger an increase in the price of cement in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: \u00a0Anim Kwaku Boadu\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citi Business News\u00a0has gathered the country may be hit with an acute shortage of cement soon. This is because the third largest supplier of cement in Ghana, Dangote cement has for some weeks suspended its imports to Ghana because of the fast depreciating cedi. 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