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Sagar in talks to buy BMM Cements, India

Sagar Cement is in talks to buy BMM Cements as it plans to use the proceeds from the sale of its stake in the Vicat Sagar joint venture to fund growth organically and through M&A activity. BMM C...
News - 14 August 2014

Badami takes up role of ACC chief executive officer and MD

Harish Badami yesterday assumed the role of CEO and managing director of India’s second-largest cement producer, ACC. "Harish Badami has taken over as CEO & MD from August 13 2014 and Kuldip Kaur...
News - 14 August 2014

Grinding unit planned for Karnataka, India

JR Super Cement is planning a 200tpd cement grinding unit and a coal-based captive power plant in the district of Bagalkot, Karnataka state, India. The project is waiting for environmental clear...
News - 12 August 2014

Senior appointments at Orient Cement, India

Orient Cement’s board of directors has appointed Rahul Deshmukh as chief operating officer at a meeting held on 7 August 2014. Meanwhile, Sushil Gupta has been named chief financial officer of th...
News - 08 August 2014

Pokot factory nearing construction phase, Kenya

Construction is expected to start on the Pokot Cement Factory as the establishment of preliminary facilities gets underway. Governor of West Pokot, Simon Kachapin, said that the Indian investors...
News - 07 August 2014

Holcim

The proposed merger with Lafarge in 2015 is likely to result in the sale of Holcim's operations in France, other than the Atkirch works and the operations in the Haut Rhin market, plus Hungary, Se...
Corporate - 06 August 2014

Lafarge

The proposed merger with Holcim is likely to result in the sale of Lafarge's operations in Romania, Germany, the Mannersdorf works in Austria, the wholly-owned operations on Réunion and the intere...
Corporate - 06 August 2014

Cemtech and CO2

Dr Clark particularly enjoyed the Cemtech Asia conference in Kuala Lumpur in June and also the three-day technical training workshop that immediately followed the main event. However, preparations...
Articles - 05 August 2014

Cemtech Asia 2014

The fifth Cemtech Asia Conference and Exhibition took place over 15-18 June 2014, in the heart of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, drawing an audience of over 200 delegates from 30 countries. Now firmly es...
Articles - 04 August 2014

Holiday slowdown affects Pakistan & Bangladesh

Imports and exports of cement and raw materials through some of Pakistan and Bangladesh’s key ports have been disrupted since 25 July 2014 due to the Eid ul-Fitr festival and seasonal holidays. ...
News - 31 July 2014