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May 2019 issue

CRH reports a positive start to the year, Knauf completes USG acquisition, Quinn eyes new ready-mix plant, Eagle Mat...

Republic Cement to co-process Nestlé Philippines' plastic waste

Nestlé Philippines and Republic Cement (CRH-Aboitiz) have entered into an agreement to co-process post-consumer plas...

Acquisition of Holcim Philippines may reduce cement prices

The Philippine’s Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has stated that it expects San Miguel Corp’s recent acquisi...

Belarusian president calls to improve cement exports

The president of Belarus, Aleksandr Lukashenko, has called to raise the cement exports of the country during a meeti...

Mali cement prices rise under absent Senegal imports

Cement prices in Mali have risen sharply with some blaming the absence of Senegalese imports while others have put t...

Unitherm-Cemcon supplies MAS burners to South Korean plant

Unitherm-Cemcon has commissioned a MAS burner for a South Korean cement producer in May 2019. The start-up took just...

South Valley Cement profit down 54% in 2018

Egypt-based South Valley Cement Co posted a profit of EGP10.18m (US$597,032)  in 2018, representing a 54 per cent Yo...

Soil and wind-blown sand cement developed in China

Chinese researchers at Ximjiang Communications Construction Group Co Ltd claim to have developed a low-cost and envi...

Spain’s cement demand up 9% in March, exports continue to fall

Spanish cement consumption increased 8.7 per cent YoY in March 2019, according to Oficemen, the domestic cement asso...

LafargeHolcim improves strongly in Europe

LafargeHolcim's first-qu­­arter turnover improved by 2.2 per cent to CHF5959m (EUR5235m), with the increase amountin...

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