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Cemex sales decline by 10% in 2Q20

Cemex reported significant disruption from COVID-19 in 2Q20. Sales declined by 10 per cent YoY and EBITDA fell by si...

Ciments de Bizerte sees 1H turnover up 2%

Tunisian cement producer Ciments de Bizerte has seen its total turnover expand 1.6 per cent YoY to TND42.781m (US$15...

Dangote's 1H20 results see 2% revenue growth

Dangote Cement reported group revenue up two per cent to NGN476.9bn (US$1.23bn) in the 1H20. Group EBITDA rose to NG...

Lebanese cement plants call for restart quarries

Cement companies in Lebanon have called on the authorities to authorise the restart of their quarries, which they sa...

Yamama Cement Co reports 2% slip in 2Q revenues

Yamama Cement Co reported a 2.2 per cent slip in 2Q revenues to SAR161.7m (US$43.1m) in the 2Q20 when compared with ...

Arabian Cement sees 80% fall in 2Q net profit

Arabian Cement Co reported a net profit of SAR7.6 (US$2) m in the 2Q20, down 79.6 per cent YoY. In the 2Q19 net prof...

US cement shipments down 8% in April

Shipments of Portland and blended cement in the US and Puerto Rico fell 7.5 per cent YoY to 8.1Mt in April 2020, acc...

FLSmidth's 2Q20 preliminary report sees 29% decline in order intakes

FLSmidth released its preliminary 2Q20 report ahead of the full interim 2Q20 results due to the volatility in order ...

Japanese cement producers help reduce plastic waste

Japan's cement companies are investing to use more plastic waste as fuel to produce cement. Taiheiyo Cement plans ...

Indian demand expected to fall 25% in FY21

Cement demand in India is forecast to contract by up to 25 per cent in FY20-21 due to the coronavirus lockdown and s...