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Iraq ban challenges Iran cement industry

The Iraqi government has passed a bill banning the imports of Iranian cement to protect its domestic cement industry...

FLSmidth records 19% rise in 1Q order intake

FLSmidth reported a 19 per cent increase in order intake for 1Q16 to DKK5.281bn (US$797m), mainly due to the receip...

Georgia: HeidelbergCement Caucasus expects July 2016 work start for Kaspi

HeidelbergCement Caucasus (HCC) announced it will renovate and develop its cement plant in Kaspi in the Shida Kartli...

India: JK Lakshmi Cement 4Q net profit soars

JK Lakshmi Cement’s net profit soared in the quarter ended 31 March 2016 from INR60.5m (US$ 0.90m) to INR483.8m YoY...

Indonesia: Conch/Papua Cement plant to open in July

The Jakarta Post reports that the joint-venture between Conch and SDIC Papua Cement Indonesia will commence operatio...

Trinidad Cement to pay first dividends in 8 years

Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) will pay a dividend to shareholders in July. This ends an eight-year period in which share...

Pakistan prepares for positive future

The outlook for the Pakistan cement industry is positive with expansion expected over the next few years. Key reason...

USA: Lafarge cancels Joppa expansion

Lafarge North America has put an end to expansion plans at the Joppa Cement Plant, Massac County, Illinois. A spokes...

Saudi Arabia: lifting of export ban to provide little cheer for cement producers?

The much-anticipated lifting of Saudi Arabia's ban on cement exports, first implemented in 2008 and extended in 2012...

Indonesia: cement sales to April up 4.2% YoY

Cement sales in Indonesia reached 19.3Mt in the four months from January to April 2016, reports Indonesia Investment...

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