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Egypt: South Valley to invest in expansion, coal usage

South Valley Cement is due to sign a contract for a five-year long-term loan agreement worth EGP1.2bn (US$172.4m) fr...

Sagar denies Vicat buy-out talks

Sagar Cements Ltd has denied reports that it is in talks to sell its 47 per cent stake in its Vicat Sagar joint vent...

Morocco: Anwar Invest to enter cement industry

The Anwar Invest Group is entering the cement industry with its first production plant in Laayoune, Morocco. The com...

Algeria sees decline in January imports

Algerian cement imports fell 13.6 per cent YoY during January 2014 as the value of imports fell from US$26.79m to US...

Bolivia expects to cease cement imports in 2017

In 2017, Bolivia will no longer require cement imports following the launch of production at the Ecebol plant, accor...

Port-Daniel project spurs creation of advocacy group, Canada

The British Columbia government's recent announcement of a massive investment of public funds in a new cement plant ...

Indocement outlines capex to raise capacity

PT Indocement Tunngal Prakarsa, the second-largest cement producer in Indonesia, plans IDR4-4.5trn (US$349m-393m) in...

UK cement producer welcomes budget measures

Amit Bhatia, chairman of Hope Construction Materials, has welcomed several measures detailed in the UK Budget 2014 b...

Spanish demand falls short of forecasts

Cement demand in Spain fell 9.8 per cent YoY in February 2014 to 773,293t, according to the latest data released by ...

Chile: Cementos BioBio to use fly ash

Cementos BioBio’s Antofagasta works in the north of Chile and E-CL have signed a contract to use fly ash in the prod...

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