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Lehigh Hanson announces US$600m expansion and modernisation project

US-based Lehigh Hanson Inc has announced a US$600m plan to modernise and expand its plant in Mitchell, Indiana. The ...

LafargeHolcim on track to open new Cimencam plant in early 2019

Construction on the new Cimencam plant in Nomayos, Cameroon, is progressing well and the 0.5Mta works is on track fo...

Strike held in Mizoram against rising cement prices

All Mizoram cement and iron rod dealers on Wednesday observed a daylong strike across the northeast Indian state to ...

Emerging from the clouds?

Following the recession that significantly impacted the Brazilian cement industry, recent months have seen a more po...

Gujarat leads the way in plastic co-processing

Gujarat cement plants substituted coal with 350,000t of plastic waste in 2017-18, the highest volume across all Indi...

Mindanao region poised for higher cement demand

Currently in the Philippines, there are about 60 nationwide infrastructure development projects related to Build, B...

Shree Cement acquires 98% stake in UCC

Shree Cement has completed the acquisition of a 97.6 per cent stake in the UAE’s Union Cement Co (UCC). The deal was...

Former Vicem general director dismissed from executive comittees

Tran Viet Thang, former general director of the Vietnam Cement Industry Corporation (Vicem), has been dismissed as m...

Puerto Rican cement sales up 18% in June

Cement sales in Puerto Rico increased 17.9 per cent YoY in June 2018, representing a sixth-consecutive monthly growt...

ARM negotiating US$120m loan deal with IFC

ARM Cement Ltd of Kenya is trying to reach an agreement with the International Finance Corp about a capital injectio...

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