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LafargeHolcim

LafargeHolcim has inaugurated 0.1Mta of additional grinding capacity at the Ndola cement works in Zambia, taking the annual capacity there to 0.5Mt. In addition to supplying the domestic market, t...
Corporate - 02 March 2016

UltraTech Cement

Grasim Industries is reportedly planning to spend IDR40bn (US$584.3m) on capacity expansions over the coming financial year, with IDR38bn of this earmarked for its subsidiary UltraTech Cement. Ove...
Corporate - 02 March 2016

PT Indocement

Weak cement demand in Indonesia contributed to a 1.5 per cent decline in revenue for HeidelbergCement’s Asia-Pacific Group in 2015. The group’s cement, clinker and GGBS sales volumes also fell in ...
Corporate - 02 March 2016

UltraTech Cement signs binding MoU for Jaiprakash Associates cement units

India's UltraTech Cement Ltd said on Sunday it had entered a binding memorandum of understanding to acquire Jaiprakash Associates Ltd's cement plants for INR165bn (US$2.457bn). The assets have a ...
News - 29 February 2016

Foundation stone laid for Emami Cement's grinding plant, India

The foundation stone for the Emami Cement's new grinding plant was laid by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Panagarh, West Bengal, on Saturday. "The 2Mta capacity unit is to be located at WBIDC ...
News - 29 February 2016

India: new CMA president elected

Shailendra Chouksey, whole-time director of JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd, has been unanimously elected as the new president of the Cement Manufacturers' Association of India (CMA). Mr Chouksey previou...
News - 24 February 2016

Kenya's capacity drive

Kenya's cement consumption is expected to increase on the back of planned investment in infrastructure and housing and domestic cement capacity is able to meet these requirements. The country’s ex...
Articles - 23 February 2016

Bestway consolidated turnover up 45.5%

Bestway Cement Ltd (BCL) said that its consolidated net turnover for the first half of FY15-16 soared by 45.5 per cent YoY to PKR21.1bn, largely due to the acquisition of Pakcem Ltd, an increase i...
News - 22 February 2016

India: Shree Cement receives first non-coal mining lease in Chhattisgarh

Shree Cement has won the first ever non-coal mining lease auctioned by the state government of  Chhattisgarh, India. The Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) price of limestone in Chhattisgarh was INR48...
News - 22 February 2016

HeidelbergCement India commissions Madhya Pradesh WHR facility

HeidelbergCement India has successfully commissioned a 12MW waste heat recovery (WHR) facility at its Narsingarh Plant in Damoh, Madhya Pradesh, on 15 February 2016. The WHR plant will utilise the...
News - 17 February 2016