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Pakistan: cement sales climb to 4.9Mt

For the first two months of the current fiscal year (July-August 2016) Pakistan's total cement dispatches increased 14 per cent to 4.9Mt when compared to the 4.3Mt recorded in the same period last...
News - 07 September 2016

Green cement volumes to rise at a CARG of 7.6% up to 2024

According to report published by Grand View Research, global green cement market is expected to reach US$37.76bn by 2024. Growing awareness regarding reduction in carbon emissions and its detrime...
News - 06 September 2016

India: Malabar Cement MD arrested over concessions to dealers

Malabar Cement managing director K Padmakumar has been arrested in a corruption case. Raids were carried out by the authorities on 1 September 2016 at Malabar cement office at Valayar and at Padm...
News - 06 September 2016

India: Assam cement companies bring down prices

Following an initial reluctance, cement companies in Assam, India, have started to lower cement prices, according to reports in The Telegraph.  Cement producers including TopCem Cement, Star Ce...
News - 05 September 2016

CRH

CRH's first-half turnover advanced by 35 per cent to EUR12,693m and  EBITDA more than doubled to EUR1120m, with the underlying increase being 20 per cent. The trading profit rose from EUR189m to E...
Corporate - 02 September 2016

Indian cement producers to appeal CCI fines

LafargeHolcim, India Cements and Ramco Cements have said that they will appeal against yesterday’s ruling by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) which levied fines totalling INR67bn (US$1bn)...
News - 02 September 2016

Nabil Francis new Managing Director of Ciments du Maroc

The Board of Directors of Ciments du Maroc has appointed Nabil Frances as new Managing Director, replacing Mario Bracci as of 1 September. Mr Francis was first employed by Italcementi Group in 1...
News - 02 September 2016

Competition Commission of India imposes US$944m fine for cartelisation

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has levied a fine of INR63.2bn (US$944m) on 10 cement companies whom it accuses of conspiring to fix prices in contravention of competition law. In additi...
News - 01 September 2016

India: My Home Industries set for 10Mta capcity

With its 1.5Mta Tuticorin plant, Tamil Nadu, expected to be commissioned in January 2017, My Home Industries is set to see its production capacity increase to 10Mta. Speaking of its ambitions i...
News - 01 September 2016

Vietnam: cement output up 15.2% YoY

Vietnam is estimated to have produced 50.6Mt of cement in the first eight months of 2016, a 15.2 per cent increase from the same period last year, according the the government-run General Statisti...
News - 31 August 2016