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Cemtech MEA 2017

Delegates from over 30 countries, including all of the Gulf Cooperation Council’s member states, gathered in Dubai, UAE, between 19-22 February for this year’s Cemtech Middle East and Africa confe...
Articles - 03 April 2017

LafargeHolcim opens Construction Development Lab in Morocco

LafargeHolcim has opened a new Construction Development Lab (CDL) in the Moroccan city of Casablanca. The laboratory, the firm’s eighth, joins those in Algeria, Argentina, China, France, India,...
News - 31 March 2017

India: ACC Cement announces capex plan of INR6bn for 2017

ACC Cement have announced a capital expenditure plan of INR6bn (US$92.4m) for the coming financial year, CEO and Managing Director, Neeraj Akhoury, said at the company's annual general meeting. Mr...
News - 30 March 2017

Asian cement 2017: looking to the future

Following an exciting 2016, this year sees opportunities and challenges abound for the Asian cement industry. LEK Consulting gives an overview and outlines strategies that help position cement com...
Articles - 29 March 2017

UltraTech Cement

Early March saw Jaiprakesh Associates, part of the Jaypee Group, get the go-ahead from the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) to transfer its cement plants to UltraTech cement, part of the Adity...
Corporate - 28 March 2017

Iran: Bagheran cement plant opens new 1Mta line

Iran's President, Hassan Rouhani, has opened the 1Mta Bagheran Cement plant in Asadiyeh, Darmian County, South Khorasan province. The new facility costs approximately US$130m, IRNA reported. Pa...
News - 24 March 2017

India: Emami commissions 2Mta grinding plant in West Bengal

Emami has commissioned its 2Mta cement grinding unit at the Panagarh Industrial Park in the Burdwan district of West Bengal, India. The INR7bn (US$107m) works has been developed on a 65-acre si...
News - 24 March 2017

Pakistan: exports continue to decline in 8MFY16-17

Pakistan cement exporters have earned revenues of US$12.24m on exports of 229,819t cement in February 2017, compared to US$22.268m on 411,257t of exports in the previous month. These figures repr...
News - 23 March 2017

Northern Indian producers implement second March price hike

Cement price rises at the end of the financial year are generally avoided in India as they slow down sales, but this year cement producers in the north are breaking with “tradition”. They have dec...
News - 22 March 2017

REDECAM and ISGEC joint venture starts operations

REDECAM Group SpA and and ISGEC Heavy Engineering Ltd on Friday announced the establishment of a joint venture in the field of air pollution control. Headquartered in Noida, India, the new vent...
News - 21 March 2017