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South Africa's carbon tax: an opportunity for eco-cements

On 26 May 2019, President Cyril Ramaphosa signed off South Africa's Carbon Tax Act, which came into effect on 1 June. The financial impact on South Africa's cement sector should intensify carbon e...
International Cement Review Editor's Blog - 10 June 2019

South Africa's carbon tax: an opportunity for eco-cements

On 26 May 2019, President Cyril Ramaphosa signed off South Africa's Carbon Tax Act, which came into effect on 1 June. The financial impact on South Africa's cement sector should intensify carbon e...
News - 07 June 2019

Aggregates in growth mode

The scale and dynamics of the aggregates industry are often poorly understood. Now, thanks to the Global Aggregates Information Network (GAIN™), better macro-data is available, which points to a m...
Articles - 04 June 2019

HeidelbergCement

HeidelbergCement's first-quarter turnover improved by 16.9 per cent, helped by better weather, to EUR4238m, while the EBITDA rose by 58.6 per cent to EUR396m. The trading result was a EUR60m profi...
Corporate - 04 June 2019

Raysut Cement targets expansion outside Gulf region

Raysut Cement Co aims to build on its recent acquisition of Sohar Cement by expanding into Africa and India. Raysut Cement's Chief Executive, Joey Gosh, signalled that further expansion for the Om...
News - 28 May 2019

Vietnamese market contracts 13%, but exports rise in April

Vietnamese cement sales fell by 13 per cent YoY and seven per cent MoM to 6,316,583t in April 2019, according to the Vietnam National Cement Association (VNCA). Of this total VICEM plants sold 2...
News - 24 May 2019

Dangote Cement

The first quarter of 2019 saw Dangote Cement report a 2.3 per cent YoY increase in volumes to 6.3Mt. Over the same period, however, group revenue declined by 0.8 per cent to NGN240.2bn (US$668m) w...
Corporate - 22 May 2019

ARM Cement's Kenyan assets sold to National Cement

The Kenyan assets of ARM Cement have been sold to National Cement Co for US$50m, according to a statement by its administrators. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals. The company ...
News - 22 May 2019

Using plant cost profiles

As in January 2018, Dr Michael Clark has once more spent most of the last month developing manufacturing cost profiles for cement factories in different geographies across the globe. This time, Dr...
Articles - 16 May 2019

Pakistan cement producers challenge SA import duties

Pakistani cement producers are putting pressure on their government to convince SA to overturn the existing anti-dumping duty on imported cement from that country. In 2018 cement imports into So...
News - 07 May 2019