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India: Jaypee Cement eyes acquisition

Jaypee Cement (JC), the country’s third-largest producer (Jaiprakash Associates/Japyee Group), is looking at an acqu...

India: Mahuva farmers fined for opposing proposed Nirma cement plant

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a fine of INR100,000 (US$1675) on farmers and on the Union Ministry of...

Vicat starts production tests for new cement type

France-based cement producer Vicat has started testing to produce a new low-carbon cement, Alpenat, on an industrial...

Morocco’s 2013 consumption forecast to fall 8%

The Moroccan cement market is expected to end the year significantly down. At the end of 2012, the country noted an ...

June 2013 issue

Mixed outlook for Wolseley, Euroconstruct reduces forecasts, St-Gobain refocusses, Saudi Arabia reports a boom in or...

Brazilian cement sales edge ahead

Brazilian cement sales during May 2013 edged ahead by 0.3 per cent YoY to 6Mt, preliminary data from the country’s S...

India: Jaypee shelves Gujarat plant sale, eyes further expansion

Jaypee Cement has decided to defer plans to sell its Gujarat unit and is now looking to expand capacity through acqu...

Ghorahi Cement launches Sagarmatha brand, Nepal

Nepal-based cement producer Ghorahi Cement Industry has launched its Sagarmatha brand into the local market with an ...

Spanish demand falls 24% in first five months

Cement consumption in Spain fell by more than 20 per cent to 1,027,597t in May and accumulated figures for the the f...

Sumitomo Osaka to increase capacity in China

Japanese cement producer Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co will increase cement capacity in China's Yunnan Province by 2016 t...

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